World-famous sardine migration explained by genomics
Scientists have discovered how the Sardine Run, one of the world's biggest migration events, works.
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A Galapagos seabird's population expected to shrink with ocean warming
Within the next century, rising ocean temperatures around the Galápagos Islands are expected to make the water too warm for a key prey species, sardines, to tolerate. A new study by Wake Forest University biologists, published ...
Ecology
Aug 25, 2017
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Sea lion pups washing ashore because ocean can't support them
Once a year in June, sea lion mothers on the Channel Islands give birth to a pup. For the next 11 months, the mothers swim off to forage for days to provide food for themselves and milk for their progeny.
Ecology
Jan 14, 2016
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Sardines, anchovies, other fast-growing fish vulnerable to dramatic population plunges
A Rutgers marine biologist studying the rise and fall of fish populations worldwide recently made a counterintuitive discovery: ocean species that grow quickly and reproduce frequently, such as sardines, anchovies and flounder, ...
Ecology
Aug 5, 2015
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Environmental threat turned sustainable business for the Gulf of California
Considered a threat to the biodiversity of marine ecosystems of the Gulf of California, the cannonball jellyfish Stomolophus meleagris is intended to be exploited commercially throughout the Mexican Pacific coast where it ...
Ecology
Sep 25, 2013
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Fukushima crisis new blow to fishermen's hopes (Update)
Third-generation fisherman Fumio Suzuki sets out into the Pacific Ocean every seven weeks. Not to catch fish to sell, but to catch fish that can be tested for radiation.
Environment
Aug 28, 2013
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Sharks stun sardine prey with tail-slaps
Thresher sharks hunt schooling sardines in the waters off a small coral island in the Philippines by rapidly slapping their tails hard enough to stun or kill several of the smaller fish at once, according to research published ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 10, 2013
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Climate change drowning Senegal, 'Venice of Africa'
Ameth Diagne was asleep when the first waves lapped at his back door, the lukewarm, salty water seeping into his bedroom an impassive portent of the final days of his 650-year-old fishing community.
Environment
May 26, 2013
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European fisheries flip with long-term ocean cycle
A sudden switch from herring to sardines in the English Channel in the 1930s was due to a long-term ocean cycle called the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO), an international study shows. This is the first evidence ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 17, 2013
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New genetic test shows up fish mislabelling
Scientists have found a new way of testing for the genes of particular kinds of fish quickly, cheaply and accurately.
Ecology
Apr 12, 2013
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