News tagged with algal species

Climate change seems unfavourable for toxic blue algae

The earth is warming up due to rising carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere. NWO-funded researchers have discovered that the increase in carbon dioxide can reduce the nuisance caused by toxic blue ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 05, 2011 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Biological communities studied at historical WWII shipwrecks along North Carolina

In the waters off the North Carolina coast, historically-significant World War II submarines and shipwrecks rest on the seafloor, a testament to a relatively unknown chapter in U.S. history. According to a new NOAA report, ...

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brown tide culprit sequenced: Genome of the first of algal bloom species

Algae play key roles in the global carbon cycle, helping sequester significant amounts of carbon. Some algal species can bloom, or become so numerous, that they discolor coastal waters and reduce the amount ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Confronting toxic blue-green algae in Madison lakes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Harmful algal blooms, once considered mainly a problem in salt water, have been appearing with increasing severity in the Madison lakes, and a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 01, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ocean acidification may contribute to global shellfish decline

Relatively minor increases in ocean acidity brought about by high levels of carbon dioxide have significant detrimental effects on the growth, development, and survival of hard clams, bay scallops, and Eastern ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Scientists report first remote, underwater detection of harmful algae, toxins

Scientists at NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) have successfully conducted the first remote detection of a harmful algal species and its toxin below ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Jurassic Park from a Swiss lake?

Ecological changes caused by humans affect natural biodiversity. For example, the eutrophication of Greifensee and Lake Constance in the 1970s and 1980s led to genetic changes in a species of water flea which ...

Biology / Evolution

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1