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Seafarers' scourge provides hope for biofuel future

For centuries, seafarers were plagued by wood-eating gribble that destroyed their ships, and these creatures continue to wreak damage on wooden piers and docks in coastal communities.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 08, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Invasive Parasite Spreading Among West Coast Estuaries

(PhysOrg.com) -- A parasitic isopod that scientists identified five years ago has all but decimated mud shrimp populations in coastal estuaries ranging from British Columbia to northern California - with the ...

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0