News tagged with green mussel

NOAA announces an experimental harmful algal bloom forecast bulletin for Lake Erie

Predicting harmful algal blooms, or HABs, in the Great Lakes is now a reality as NOAA announces an experimental HAB forecast system in Lake Erie. HABs produce toxins that may pose a significant risk to human and animal health ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Invasive mussel may inspire new adhesive

(PhysOrg.com) -- The green mussel is known for being a notoriously invasive fouling species, but scientists have just discovered that it also has a very powerful form of adhesion in its foot, according to ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Universal solvent no match for new self-healing sticky gel

Scientists can now manufacture a synthetic version of the self-healing sticky substance that mussels use to anchor themselves to rocks in pounding ocean surf and surging tidal basins. A patent is pending on ...

Chemistry / Polymers

created Jan 27, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Invisible invasive species

While Asian carp, gypsy moths and zebra mussels hog invasive-species headlines, many invisible invaders are altering ecosystems and flourishing outside of the limelight.

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 07, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Freshwater toxins to blame for sea otter deaths

A potent toxin produced by bright-green blooms of freshwater bacteria has been flowing into the ocean and poisoning sea otters, according to a team of investigators led by scientists at the California Department ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 13, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists find new invasive fresh water clam species in Lake George

(PhysOrg.com) -- The new species (Corbicula fluminea) was located in the Village of Lake George and poses a serious threat to native mussels and the Lake George ecosystem, according to Sandra Nierzwicki-Bauer, direct ...

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 30, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Scientists roll out 'not-welcome' mats to kill Tahoe clams

(PhysOrg.com) -- Lake Tahoe scientists at the University of California, Davis, and the University of Nevada, working with government and conservation organizations, this week began a novel attempt to control a dime-sized ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 09, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Acid oceans: the 'evil twin' of climate change

(AP) -- Far from Copenhagen's turbulent climate talks, the sea lions, harbor seals and sea otters reposing along the shoreline and kelp forests of this protected marine area stand to gain from any global ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (21) | comments 28

Acid test: Study reveals both losers and winners of CO2-induced ocean acidification

(PhysOrg.com) -- As the world’s seawater becomes more acidic due to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide, some shelled marine creatures may actually become bigger and stronger, according to a new study.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (13) | comments 8

Probing life's extremes in Yellowstone (w/ Podcast)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Idaho National Laboratory biologist Frank Roberto squats on a bare, gravelly patch of ground in Yellowstone National Park's rolling backcountry. At his feet, scalding water churns in a mustard-yellow ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

15,000 reasons to worry about invasive species

A day at the beach in Wisconsin's North Woods didn't used to go like this. Candy Dailey spent a Fourth of July holiday splashing with grandkids on the sandy shore of Lake Metonga when she felt a nasty sting on her foot.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Annual Tahoe Report Says Asian Clam Invasion Is Growing Fast

(PhysOrg.com) -- Released today, UC Davis' annual Lake Tahoe health report describes a spreading Asian clam population that could put sharp shells and rotting algae on the spectacular mountain lake's popular ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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