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Waterfall-Climbing Fish Use Same Mechanism to Climb Waterfalls and Eat Algae
January 4, 2013 Going against the flow is always a challenge, but some waterfall-climbing fish have adapted to their extreme lifestyle by using the same set of muscles for both climbing and eating, according to new ... > full story -
Bering Sea Study Finds Prey Density More Important to Predators Than Biomass
January 3, 2013 Marine resource managers often gauge the health of species based on overall biomass, but a new study of predator-prey relationships in the Bering Sea found that it isn't the total number of ... > full story -
The Effect of Stress on Atlantic Salmon's Congenital Immunity to IPN
January 2, 2013 Stress affects the congenital immune defence system. New doctoral research has revealed how stress can lower the immunity of salmon and increase its susceptibility to viral infection. Furthermore, ... > full story -
Low pH Levels Can Eliminate Harmful Blooms of Golden Algae, One Cause of Massive Fish Kills
December 20, 2012 Researchers are one step closer to understanding the algae that causes a substantial number of fish deaths in more than 18 ... > full story -
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Novel Test Identifies Patients Most Likely to Benefit from ALK Inhibition Therapy
December 12, 2012 Approximately one in 20 patients with non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) has chromosomal aberrations targeting the anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene. This has considerable implications for ... > full story -
Fish Have Enormous Nutrient Impacts on Marine Ecosystems, Study Finds
December 11, 2012 Fish play a far more important role as contributors of nutrients to marine ecosystems than previously thought. In a pair of articles, they show that fish contribute more nutrients to their local ... > full story -
Migrating Great Lakes Salmon Carry Contaminants Upstream
December 6, 2012 Salmon, as they travel upstream to spawn and die, carry industrial pollutants into Great Lakes streams and ... > full story -
First Evidence of Fish Sensing Geomagnetic Fields from a Czech Christmas Market
December 5, 2012 Carp stored in large tubs at Czech Christmas markets align themselves in the north-south direction, suggesting they possess a previously unknown capacity to perceive geomagnetic fields, according to ... > full story -
Madagascar Gets Tough With Poachers
December 5, 2012 The Wildlife Conservation Society congratulates Madagascar’s Ministry of Fisheries and local communities around Ankarea Marine Protected Area (MPA) for eliminating illegal sea cucumber ... > full story -
Lobster Farming Breakthrough: Doubling Survival Rates Among Lobster Larvae Under Farmed Conditions
December 4, 2012 Researchers in Norway have recently succeeded in doubling survival rates among lobster larvae under farmed conditions. This could boost populations of a species threatened in the ... > full story
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