Surstromming: The secrets of this stinky Swedish fish
It has been called the smelliest food in the world.
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News tagged with herring
Ocean acidification: Herring could benefit from an altered food chain
Juvenile fish must immediately learn to catch prey and to escape enemies. Additionally, at this stage of their lives, they are highly sensitive to environmental factors such as temperature, oxygen and the pH of the water. ...
Ecology
Mar 20, 2018
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The genetic basis for timing of reproduction in the Atlantic herring revealed
Animals need to breed at the time of year when their progeny have the best chance of survival. In a study published today in PNAS, scientists in Sweden and Canada have studied the genetic basis of reproduction in 25 populations ...
Ecology
Apr 4, 2017
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Recovering predators and prey
If you build it, they will come. That's historically been a common approach to species recovery: Grow the prey population first and predators will quickly return. As it turns out, that's not quite the case. A new study has ...
Ecology
Feb 27, 2017
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Herring spawn in NY tributary for 1st time in 85 years
A few days after a long-abandoned industrial dam was removed from the mouth of a Hudson River tributary this spring, hundreds of river herring swarmed up into the shallow waters to spawn for the first time in 85 years.
Ecology
Jun 11, 2016
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The herring genome provides new insight on how species adapt to their environment
How species genetically adapt to their environment is a central question related to the evolution of biodiversity. In a new study scientists at Uppsala University and their colleagues report that whole genome sequencing of ...
Ecology
May 3, 2016
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Herring fishery's strength is in the sum of its parts, study finds
A wise investor plays the financial market by maintaining a variety of stocks. In the long run, the whole portfolio will be more stable because of the diversity of the investments it contains.
Ecology
Feb 25, 2016
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Hungry bluefin tuna in a sea of plenty
Bluefin tuna are going hungry in a sea full of fish because their foraging habits are most efficient with larger—not necessarily more abundant—prey, according to a study led by a University of Maine marine scientist.
Ecology
Jun 22, 2015
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Populated Puget Sound sees stark shifts in marine fish species
The most populated areas of Puget Sound have experienced striking shifts in marine species, with declines in herring and smelt that have long provided food for other marine life and big increases in the catch of jellyfish, ...
Ecology
May 8, 2015
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To save the birds, look to the fish
Birds that dive for fish while wintering in the Salish Sea, located between British Columbia and Washington, are more likely to be in decline than nondiving birds with less specialized diets, according to a study led by the ...
Ecology
Oct 17, 2014
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