News tagged with shrimp larvae
Timing is Everything for Northern Shrimp Populations in the North Atlantic
(PhysOrg.com) -- Even for Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis), which support commercial fisheries worldwide, timing is everything in life. The tiny creatures, eaten in shrimp rolls and shrimp salad, occupy ...
May 07, 2009 |
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Scientists examine toxicity of medicinal plants in Peru
Many developing countries rely on traditional medicine as an accessible and affordable treatment option for human maladies. However, until now, scientific data has not existed to evaluate the potential toxicity of medicinal ...
Dec 14, 2011 |
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Captive breeding could transform the saltwater aquarium trade and save coral reefs
Marine biologists at The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute are developing means to efficiently breed saltwater aquarium fish, seahorses, plankton and invertebrates in captivity in order ...
Sep 20, 2011 |
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Mysterious fossils provide new clues to insect evolution
German scientists at the Stuttgart Natural History Museum were leading in the discovery of a new insect order from the Lower Cretaceous of South America. The spectacular fossils were named Coxoplectoptera by the ...
Jul 19, 2011 |
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Prodigal plankton species makes first known migration from Pacific to Atlantic via Pole
Some 800,000 years ago -- about the time early human tribes were learning to make fire a tiny species of plankton called Neodenticula seminae went extinct in the North Atlantic.
Jun 26, 2011 |
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Key discovery made in war on sea lice infestations
University of Maine researchers have published a paper in which they demonstrate that the blue mussel can eat larvae of the sea louse, a parasitic pest that has recently made a comeback on fish farms, decimating populations ...
Apr 28, 2011 |
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Rowdy residents warn crustaceans away from perilous reefs
(PhysOrg.com) -- Coral reefs present a treacherous wall of mouths to flea-sized planktonic crustaceans, but the clamour generated by animals on the reef may act like a foghorn to warn them away from danger.
Feb 04, 2011 |
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How the seahorse might have got its shape
(PhysOrg.com) -- The shape of the seahorse has long baffled marine scientists, but new research suggests the seahorses unique shape may have evolved to allow it to catch its food when it was further ...
Fish find a suitable homes through noise
(PhysOrg.com) -- Noisy neighbors can be desirable at least if youre a young reef fish trying to choose a home. New research from the Universities of Auckland and Bristol found that juvenile ...
Jan 10, 2011 |
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Sea noise adventures
In 1953, Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau published his groundbreaking book The Silent World, which has since sold five million copies and captured the imagination of generations of armchair adventurers. While ...
Nov 29, 2010 |
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Scientists start to piece together damage puzzle of BP spill
The search for what the BP oil well blowout did to the Gulf of Mexico already has gone to extraordinary lengths: more than 125 research cruises covering hundreds of square miles and taking thousands of water and sediment ...
Nov 22, 2010 |
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