Economists weigh lost trade and costs of control against economic damages
How should a country respond to a biological invader that reaches its shores via cargo shipped as international trade?
Environment
Aug 23, 2010
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Too hot to handle: Impacts of climate change on mussels
Climate change is causing higher air and water temperatures along the east coast of the United States. These changes have shrunk the geographic region where blue mussels are able to survive, according to findings by University ...
Environment
Aug 16, 2010
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Are invasives bad? Not always, researchers say
In 1988, a mysterious invader washed upon the New Jersey shore. The Asian shore crab likely arrived in ballast from commercial ships, and it found its new home to be quite agreeable. More than two decades later, the crab, ...
Ecology
May 17, 2010
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The bivalve effect
McGill biologist Dr. Frederic Guichard says marine life can communicate over thousands of kilometers, calling into question current fishery management and marine preservation practices. "If I kill mussels in San Diego, it ...
Ecology
May 3, 2010
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Research finds low oxygen resources in Central New York's Three Rivers system
A unique three-year longitudinal and vertical study of Central New York's Three Rivers system—involving the Oswego, Oneida and Seneca rivers—has revealed that oxygen resources have become degraded by several stressors, ...
Environment
Apr 29, 2010
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Invasive fish and mussels team up to transfer toxic substances into Great Lakes walleyes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two notorious Great Lakes invaders -- the zebra mussel and the round goby -- now play a central role in transferring toxic chemicals called PCBs up the food chain and into Saginaw Bay walleyes, one of that ...
Ecology
Apr 9, 2010
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Scientists boost endangered freshwater mussels population
The endangered freshwater mussel species has been given a welcome boost by scientists from Queen's University Belfast following a 12 year cultivation project.
Ecology
Mar 23, 2010
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Mussels -- material artists with grip
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces and collaborators at the University of California at Santa Barbara and the University of Chicago believe they have uncovered the basis how marine mussels ...
Materials Science
Mar 4, 2010
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Researchers issue outlook for a significant New England 'red tide' in 2010
Today, scientists from the NOAA-funded Gulf of Maine Toxicity (GOMTOX) project issued an outlook for a significant regional bloom of a toxic alga that can cause 'red tides' in the spring and summer of this year, potentially ...
Environment
Feb 24, 2010
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Study Examines How Nanoparticles Affect Marine Organisms
(PhysOrg.com) -- When nanoparticles from consumer products leach into the ocean, they may harm oysters and mussels.
Bio & Medicine
Feb 22, 2010
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