This time of year, performing field research in the Gulf of Maine often means braving the bitter cold. Such conditions were in full force on Feb. 24 when Northeastern graduate student Jessica Torossian headed north to check ...
Ecology
Mar 12, 2015
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Everyone knows that clean water is important. But for the state of Michigan, surrounded on three sides by the Great Lakes, it is absolutely essential—to the economy and the environment. That's why the research being done ...
Ecology
Feb 25, 2015
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NOAA's first-ever long-term report of the national distribution of parasites and disease in mussels and oysters, using data gathered between 1995 and 2009, provides a new data set for coastal resource management and shows ...
Environment
Feb 6, 2015
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The world's mightiest waterway, the Amazon River, is threatened by the most diminutive of foes—a tiny mussel invading from China.
Ecology
Feb 5, 2015
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Ecologists sometimes look to mussel species, a well-studied and foundational genus in estuaries, as model organisms for assessing the condition of coastal habitats, which are crucial for people and well as the broader environment.
Ecology
Jan 30, 2015
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The world's mussel population could be under threat as climate change causes oceans to become increasingly acidic, scientists have discovered.
Ecology
Dec 24, 2014
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The effect of invasive species on native species can be profound, yet very little is known about the complex interaction between the invaders and the native species, or, perhaps more importantly, between multiple invaders ...
Ecology
Dec 15, 2014
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Mussels are veritable masters of biomineralisation. They make hard, robust composite materials from simple substances in order to build their shells. Furthermore, the shell material itself is produced in an exemplary way. ...
Condensed Matter
Nov 27, 2014
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The pathogen Giardia duodenalis is present in mussels from freshwater run-off sites and from areas where California Sea Lions lounge along the coast of California, according to a team of researchers from the University of ...
Ecology
Nov 1, 2014
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An infestation of zebra mussels at Offutt Base Lake in Bellevue is causing experts to call for a statewide boat inspection program.
Ecology
Oct 21, 2014
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