Science news articles about 'tropical marine ecology'Lionfish decimating tropical fish populations, threaten coral reefs
... coloring and large, spiny fins – were introduced into marine waters off Florida in the early 1990s ... Findings of the new research will be published soon in Marine Ecology Progress Series. The lead author ... New giant clam species offers window into human past
... , and large size, he added.
The research team, including scientists from the Center of Tropical Marine Ecology in Germany and the University of Jordan, discovered the new species while attempting to ... Does fishing on drifting fish aggregation devices endanger the survival of tropical tuna?
... old rope, pieces of wood, or even large marine mammals. There is still no full explanation for ... of drifting FAD fishing could set up an ecological trap for the tropical tuna species.This trap concept is ... Does fishing on drifting fish aggregation devices endanger the survival of tropical tuna?
... old rope, pieces of wood, or even large marine mammals. There is still no full explanation for ... of drifting FAD fishing could set up an ecological trap for the tropical tuna species.This trap concept is ... Fossil and molecular evidence reveals the history of major marine biodiversity hotspots
... of coral reef ecosystems
A synthesis of the paleontological and molecular data, interpreted in an ecological context, has enabled the scientists to understand the true antiquity of hotspots and their ... Dolphin population stunted by fishing activities, Scripps/NOAA study finds
... new study, published in the October issue of Marine Ecology Progress Series, reveals that negative ... purse-seine fishing was launched in the eastern tropical Pacific in the 1950s, bycatch deaths declined ... Oxygen depletion: A new form of ocean habitat loss
... UC San Diego has discovered that oxygen-poor regions of tropical oceans are expanding as the oceans warm, limiting the areas in which predatory fishes and other marine organisms can live or enter in ... Clue to mystery crustacean in parasite form
... -crustacean-like, parasitic form. Y larvae, or facetotectans, are found amongst marine plankton in oceans from the poles to the tropics. In coral reef areas they occur dizzying diversity, even though ... New study reveals large scale conservation essential
... Endangered Lake Titicaca Giant Frog (Telmatobius culeus) from Peru -- are greatly impacted by ecological processes at the landscape scale."
Many freshwater species, such as frogs and other ... Species have come and gone at different rates than previously believed
... ," says Patzkowsky. "Much of invertebrate diversity has been attributed to diversity increase in the tropics, but the curve is not driven by that totally. It seems that 450 million years ago was not ... Setting the record right: species diversity less dramatic than previously believed
... the global total. Again, the researchers concluded that local ecological communities have changed relatively little since the establishment of marine animal ecosystems during the Phanerozoic Era.
So ... 90 billion tons of microbial organisms live in the deep biosphere
... one-tenth of the amount of carbon stored globally in tropical rainforests. The authors: Kai-Uwe Hinrichs and Julius Lipp of the Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM) at University of Bremen ... Scripps study sets high economic value on threatened Mexican mangroves
The ecological value of coastal mangrove forests in Mexico has been apparent to marine scientists for years. Now, for the first time, researchers have used a wide-ranging compilation of fisheries ... Parasites outweigh predators in Pacific Coast estuaries
... of top predators, in some cases by more than 20 times. Their findings, which could have significant ecological and biomedical implications, appear in this week's issue of the journal Nature.
Biomass ... Rising energy, food prices major threats to wetlands as farmers eye new areas for crops
... and implement a specific wetland policy, to prepare a wetland inventory, and to maintain the ecological character of all wetlands.
"We call attention to the fact that many signatories have not yet ...
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Lionfish decimating tropical fish populations, threaten coral reefs
... coloring and large, spiny fins – were introduced into marine waters off Florida in the early 1990s ... Findings of the new research will be published soon in Marine Ecology Progress Series. The lead author ...New giant clam species offers window into human past
... , and large size, he added. The research team, including scientists from the Center of Tropical Marine Ecology in Germany and the University of Jordan, discovered the new species while attempting to ...Does fishing on drifting fish aggregation devices endanger the survival of tropical tuna?
... old rope, pieces of wood, or even large marine mammals. There is still no full explanation for ... of drifting FAD fishing could set up an ecological trap for the tropical tuna species.This trap concept is ...Does fishing on drifting fish aggregation devices endanger the survival of tropical tuna?
... old rope, pieces of wood, or even large marine mammals. There is still no full explanation for ... of drifting FAD fishing could set up an ecological trap for the tropical tuna species.This trap concept is ...Fossil and molecular evidence reveals the history of major marine biodiversity hotspots
... of coral reef ecosystems A synthesis of the paleontological and molecular data, interpreted in an ecological context, has enabled the scientists to understand the true antiquity of hotspots and their ...Dolphin population stunted by fishing activities, Scripps/NOAA study finds
... new study, published in the October issue of Marine Ecology Progress Series, reveals that negative ... purse-seine fishing was launched in the eastern tropical Pacific in the 1950s, bycatch deaths declined ...Oxygen depletion: A new form of ocean habitat loss
... UC San Diego has discovered that oxygen-poor regions of tropical oceans are expanding as the oceans warm, limiting the areas in which predatory fishes and other marine organisms can live or enter in ...Clue to mystery crustacean in parasite form
... -crustacean-like, parasitic form. Y larvae, or facetotectans, are found amongst marine plankton in oceans from the poles to the tropics. In coral reef areas they occur dizzying diversity, even though ...New study reveals large scale conservation essential
... Endangered Lake Titicaca Giant Frog (Telmatobius culeus) from Peru -- are greatly impacted by ecological processes at the landscape scale." Many freshwater species, such as frogs and other ...Species have come and gone at different rates than previously believed
... ," says Patzkowsky. "Much of invertebrate diversity has been attributed to diversity increase in the tropics, but the curve is not driven by that totally. It seems that 450 million years ago was not ...Setting the record right: species diversity less dramatic than previously believed
... the global total. Again, the researchers concluded that local ecological communities have changed relatively little since the establishment of marine animal ecosystems during the Phanerozoic Era. So ...90 billion tons of microbial organisms live in the deep biosphere
... one-tenth of the amount of carbon stored globally in tropical rainforests. The authors: Kai-Uwe Hinrichs and Julius Lipp of the Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM) at University of Bremen ...Scripps study sets high economic value on threatened Mexican mangroves
The ecological value of coastal mangrove forests in Mexico has been apparent to marine scientists for years. Now, for the first time, researchers have used a wide-ranging compilation of fisheries ...Parasites outweigh predators in Pacific Coast estuaries
... of top predators, in some cases by more than 20 times. Their findings, which could have significant ecological and biomedical implications, appear in this week's issue of the journal Nature. Biomass ...Rising energy, food prices major threats to wetlands as farmers eye new areas for crops
... and implement a specific wetland policy, to prepare a wetland inventory, and to maintain the ecological character of all wetlands. "We call attention to the fact that many signatories have not yet ...