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Virginia Tech Fisheries Professor Works To Conserve Mussels
December 21, 1998 — Mussels are the longest lived freshwater invertebrates and they have been filtering rivers for millennia. Besides serving as a natural biological filter, they are a food for fish and wildlife, an ... > full story -
'Marsupials In The Mist': Threatened By Climate Change
December 20, 1998 — Like victims of a flood, some of Australia's rarest marsupials have retreated to the tops of the highest mountains in the wet tropics in a bid to avoid the fatal consequences of long-term climate ... > full story -
Study Demonstrates High Conservation Potential Of Logged Rainforest
August 28, 1998 — A scientific study shows that, eight years after their marketable timber was logged, parcels of Indonesian rain forest contained levels of tree species diversity comparable to those measured in ... > full story -
Salamanders May Reveal Best Way To Manage Forests, Virginia Tech Researchers Report
August 7, 1998 — Virginia Tech fisheries and wildlife researchers monitor salamanders to determine the best way to harvest timber in America's forests. ... > full story -
Comprehensive Study Identifies Critical Watersheds For Conserving At-Risk Freshwater Species
June 19, 1998 — By protecting 15 percent of the watersheds in the U.S. we can conserve populations of all native freshwater biodiversity, according to a study by The Nature Conservancy and the Association for ... > full story -
Potential Solutions For Gulf Of Mexico’s “Dead Zone” Explored
June 19, 1998 — Researchers are studying ways to control the rush of nitrogen and other chemicals that flow into the Mississippi River watershed each spring and ultimately turn more than 7,000 square miles of the ... > full story -
Poison-Eating Bugs Strike Gold
April 28, 1998 — Australian scientists have discovered indigenous microbes capable of devouring toxic effluent from gold ... > full story -
Shrews May Predict Environmental Degradation, Says University Of Toronto Researcher
January 28, 1998 — A professor of forestry at the university believes shrews may be an important indicator of environmental health or sickness in certain African countries. ... > full story -
Nature's Yearly Gift To Humanity: $2.9 Trillion In Economic And Environmental Benefits Of Biodiversity, Cornell Biologists Estimate
December 11, 1997 — If the planet's biota -- all the plants and animals and microorganisms -- sent a bill for their 1997 services, the total would be $2.9 trillion, according to an analysis by biologists at ... > full story -
Brazil Establishes World's Largest Rainforest Reserve
October 28, 1997 — The Government of the Brazilian State of Amazonas has created a new reserve in the Amazon, thus establishing the world's largest contiguous block of protected rainforest, the Wildlife ... > full story -
Duke Researcher Finds Some Tropical Farming Practices Have Surprising Consequences
August 16, 1997 — A Duke University doctoral student in botany has found that a type of shifting cultivation long practiced on the Indonesian island of Borneo can boost fertility of tropical soils, but apparently only ... > full story -
New Biodiversity Theory Suggests Rain Forest Conservation May Fall Short: Saving 'Edge' Habitats May Be Key To Saving Rain Forest Biodiversity
June 29, 1997 — In the June 20 issue of Science, a San Francisco State University researcher reports findings that challenge long-held views on how rain forest biodiversity is generated, and suggests the key to ... > full story
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