A study published in the journal Science shows for the first time that carefully placed no-fishing zones can help to restore tunas and other large, iconic fish species. It is well known that no-fishing zones can benefit sedentary ...
Ecology
Oct 20, 2022
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Antarctic fish have evolved to survive—and thrive—under unbearable conditions. They make their living at the sub-zero Centigrade, freezing temperatures of the ice-filled Southern Ocean, and they keep their bodies from ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 14, 2022
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A new study highlights there could be up to four times more fish in the mesopelagic, or "twilight," zone of the Southern Ocean than previously thought.
Plants & Animals
Feb 7, 2022
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A new study by Tel Aviv University reveals significant ecological damage to many MPAs around the world. The study findings point to a strong "edge effect" in MPAs, i.e. a sharp 60% reduction in the fish population living ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 2, 2021
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In order to escape predators, many fish—including insects, fish and birds—have developed strategies for rapidly transmitting information on threats to others of their species. This information is transmitted within a ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 9, 2020
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Based on the unique fish fauna observed from a manned submersible on a southern Caribbean reef system in Curaçao, Smithsonian explorers defined a new ocean-life zone, the rariphotic, between 130 and 309 meters (about 400 ...
Environment
Mar 20, 2018
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New research has revealed how the heart is one of the major factors which determine whether a fish lives or dies in oceanic dead zones.
Ecology
Jan 6, 2016
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The science behind counting fish in the ocean to measure their abundance has never been simple. A new scientific paper authored by NOAA Fisheries biologist Eric Prince, Ph.D., and eight other scientists shows that expanding ...
Environment
Dec 9, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Atlantic croaker living in the large Gulf of Mexico "Dead Zone" exhibit severe reproductive impairment with potential long-term impacts on the fish's population abundance, researchers from The University ...
Environment
Jun 15, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian marine scientists have expressed disquiet over the continued worldwide spread of large, dead zones in the ocean.
Environment
Nov 30, 2010
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