A new study led by researchers at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) discovered microplastics in krill (Euphausia superba), a small shrimp-like crustacean, and salps (Salpa thompsoni), a gelatinous marine invertebrate. The ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 29, 2023
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The diet quality of fish across large parts of the world's oceans could decline by up to 10% as climate change impacts an integral part of marine food chains, a major study has found.
Plants & Animals
Mar 23, 2023
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The quality of food that sockeye salmon eat along their migration routes is more important than quantity to their growth and condition, a new study has found, highlighting concerns about the effects of climate change on ocean ...
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Oct 20, 2022
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By enhancing zooplankton grazing ability in northern temperate lakes, planktivorous fish are removed to reduce phytoplankton abundance. It is unclear, however, whether this method will also work in large subtropical highland ...
Ecology
Apr 28, 2022
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Single individuals of Atlantic cod and squid occur much further north than previously expected. Scientists participating in the international MOSAiC expedition with research icebreaker Polarstern have found fish and squid ...
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Feb 18, 2022
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In a new paper published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, environmental science and management professor Elise Granek and lead author Casey Lewis, PSU alumna, report the findings of a census of zooplankton communities in ...
Ecology
Oct 13, 2021
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A series of recent research papers from a McGill-led team has found that the herbicide glyphosate—commonly sold under the label Roundup—can alter the structure of natural freshwater bacterial and zooplankton communities. ...
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Sep 7, 2021
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Every evening, small fish and microscopic animals called zooplankton journey to the ocean surface, where they feast on microscopic plants under the moonlight before returning to the depths at dawn. With data collected during ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 11, 2021
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The effects of the steadily increasing amount of plastic in the ocean are complex and not yet fully understood. Scientists at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel have now shown for the first time that the uptake ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 21, 2021
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An aversion to light has long been a survival tactic used by the smallest creatures in our ocean, but research co-led by the University of Strathclyde has discovered this photophobia may already be protecting them against ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 25, 2021
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