News tagged with aquatic vegetation

Herbivorous fish like eating meat

The grass carp, thought to be a strict vegetarian, seems to have a preference for amphipoda. NWO researcher Liesbeth Bakker made this discovery during her research into the food preferences of fish. The discovery ...

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Potomac River: 10-fold increase in native submerged vegetation reflects improved water quality

The Potomac River in Washington, D.C. is showing multiple benefits from restoration efforts, newly published research suggests. Reduced nutrients and improved water clarity have increased the abundance and diversity of submerged ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 07, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

From grass to water, Chesapeake Bay experts differ on meaning of 'clean'

After a recent rain, Baltimore's Inner Harbor is clogged with an eclectic combination of garbage -- soda bottles and a large purple ball, sticks and dirt, candy wrappers and a hollowed-out television.

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created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1




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Dry rivers, vibrant with culture and life

'When the River Runs Dry' is a familiar song in Australia. Some rivers in the arid center of the continent flow only after a stiff monsoon season, and smaller tributaries all over the country commonly shrink to puddled potholes ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Natural river networks are essential for biodiversity

To alter natural waterways is to take a serious risk of endangering species living on the entire length of a river. In a joint project, scientists from EPFL, EAWAG and Princeton University have modeled the ...

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created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new pipewort species from a unique, but fragile habitat in India

The foot hills of the Western Ghats are a remarkable habitat. Formed of Laterite (a hard rock) outcrops, they are a barren land during summer. Yet, as soon as the monsoon rains start, they sprout vibrant plant ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The snows of Mount Washington

"Kilimanjaro is a snow-covered mountain 19,710 feet high, and is said to be the highest mountain in Africa. Close to the western summit there is the dried and frozen carcass of a leopard. No one has explained wh ...

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created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Glaciers: Fossil fuel signature found in Alaskan ice

New clues as to how the Earth's remote ecosystems have been influenced by the industrial revolution are locked, frozen in the ice of glaciers. That is the finding of a group of scientists, including Robert ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Streams need trees to withstand climate change

(PhysOrg.com) -- More than twenty years of biological monitoring have confirmed the importance of vegetation for protecting Australia's freshwater streams and rivers against the ravages of drought and climate ...

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created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Deforestation threatens Brazil's wetland sanctuary

The Pantanal, a stunning biodiversity sanctuary in central-western Brazil, is threatened by intensive farming and deforestation, a leading environmental group warned as the world marked World Wetlands Day ...

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created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Wine grapevines and native plants make a fine blend, study shows

(PhysOrg.com) -- Grapevines and native plants are a fine blend for the environment, suggests a team of researchers led by a plant ecologist at the University of California, Davis.

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created Dec 14, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hungry mosquitoes fly farther than you think

How far does a mosquito fly? Harry Boerema wants to know.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Conservationists call for increased focus on coastal ecosystems

The world's coastal marine ecosystems are being overlooked, both in terms of their ecological importance and their potential as a rallying point for conservation. Writing in Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosys ...

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created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3


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