News tagged with shellfish species
Location matters: For invasive aquatic species, it's better to start upstream
Researchers have found that a species invasion that starts at the upstream edge of its range may have a major advantage over downstream competitors, at least in environments with a strong prevailing direction of water or ...
Sep 26, 2011 |
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Scientist says he found Japan fish thought extinct
A Japanese salmon species thought to be extinct for 70 years is alive and well in a lake near Mount Fuji, a science professor said Wednesday.
Dec 15, 2010 |
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Invasive 'tunicate' appears in Oregon's coastal waters
An aggressive, invasive aquatic organism that is on the state's most dangerous species list has been discovered in both Winchester Bay and Coos Bay, and scientists say this "colonial tunicate" - Didemnum ve ...
May 13, 2010 |
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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
Oct 26, 2009 |
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NASA Heads Out to Sea
NASA scientists Maury Estes and Mohammad Al-Hamdan have been seafaring in the Gulf of Mexico, and one of them grew a bit green around the gills. It's not surprising that a space agency scientist might have ...
Aug 24, 2009 |
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US Atlantic cod population to drop by half by 2050
A University of British Columbia researcher put a number to the impact of climate change on world fisheries at today's Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Chicago.
Feb 12, 2009 |
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