News tagged with zooplankton

Death -- not just life -- important link in marine ecosystems

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny crustaceans called copepods rule the world, at least when it comes to oceans and estuaries.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 13, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bering Sea chill yields fatter plankton, pollock diet changes

Despite a 30-year warming trend, the last three years in the Bering Sea have been the coldest on record. A University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist says that the cold temperatures have helped produce larger zooplankton in ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists uncover global distribution of marine biodiversity

A team of scientists have mapped and analyzed global biodiversity patterns for over 11,000 marine species ranging from tiny zooplankton to sharks and whales.

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 28, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Marine Life Census Reveals Previously Unknown Sea Creatures

(PhysOrg.com) -- UConn marine scientist Ann Bucklin headed one of the projects, surveying zooplankton around the world.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 20, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Ocean census uncovers 'new world' of marine microbe life

An ocean census has revealed a "new world" of richly diverse marine microbe life that could help scientists understand more about key environmental processes on Earth, a study said Sunday.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 18, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 1

Fish food fight: Fish don't eat trees after all, says new study

(PhysOrg.com) -- What constitutes fish food is a matter of debate. A high-profile study a few years ago suggested that fish get almost 50 percent of their carbon from trees and leaves, evidence for a very ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

New insight into predicting cholera epidemics in the Bengal Delta

Cholera, an acute diarrheal disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, has reemerged as a global killer. Outbreaks typically occur once a year in Africa and Latin America. But in Bangladesh the epidemics occur twice ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UW-Madison undergraduates make unwelcome discovery in Lake Mendota

(PhysOrg.com) -- On Sept. 11, a standard cruise on Lake Mendota's University Bay began for students in University of Wisconsin-Madison's Zoology 315, a course that introduces them to the study of lakes. With the sampling ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

DEIMOS joins MARS and its satellite of instruments on seafloor

The planet Mars has a moon named Deimos, so it seems only appropriate that the ocean observatory MARS in Monterey Bay have its own DEIMOS. This DEIMOS, however, is an underwater acoustic package designed to ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Single gene lets bacteria jump from host to host

(PhysOrg.com) -- All life -- plants, animals, people -- depends on peaceful coexistence with a swarm of microbial life that performs vital services from helping to convert food to energy to protection from ...

Biology /

created Feb 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0