Marine in Biological News

Highest ever winter water temperatures recorded

... instruments and research vessels such as the marine National Facility, RV Southern Surveyor to track ... in the ocean, as they can have consequences for marine ecosystems, fisheries, aquaculture, coastal ... in Tasmanian waters. As part of the Integrated marine Observing System (IMOS), a National Reference ...

Marine microbes creating green waves in industry

... designed to analyse large numbers of novel marine microbes could lead to more efficient and greener ... at Heriot-Watt University and Plymouth marine Laboratory (PML) in collaboration with Edinburgh ... molecular biology, coupled with novel and diverse marine microbes, right through to high-yielding, ...

Plankton Power and RTDC announce proposed algae-to-biofuels pilot facility on Cape Cod

... Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), and Cape Cod ... available at the Cape's two world-leading marine research institutions and facilitate a ... strengths in the ecology and biochemistry of marine algae to support the establishment and production ...

New hope for fisheries

... in a groundbreaking assessment on the status of marine fisheries and ecosystems. The two-year study, led ... are beginning to succeed in five of the ten large marine ecosystems that they examined. The paper, which ... are needed to conserve, restore and rebuild marine resources. Some other regions are currently ...

August 2009 Geology and GSA Today media highlights

... on Mars; the only basin known to have both a marine and terrestrial P-T boundary; a major Silurian ... that the important Permian-Triassic boundary is marine in the southwestern sector of the basin, making ... a Permian-Triassic boundary identified in both marine and terrestrial sections. This discovery offers ...

Douglas-fir, geoducks make strange bedfellows in studying climate change

... techniques to the growth increments of long-lived marine and freshwater species. "When we associate ... Stuckey and Rose Kormanyos of OSU's Hatfield marine Science Center. Sea surface temperatures are ... said Black, a researcher at OSU's Hatfield marine Science Center in Newport and lead author on the ...

Humans 'damaging the oceans'

... Man-made carbon emissions "are affecting marine biological processes from genes to ecosystems ... invasions, extinctions and major shifts in marine ecosystems. "In the past, the boundaries ... such as establishment of very large networks of marine Protected Areas are unlikely to be effective," ...

Earliest animals lived in a lake environment, research shows

... are preserved in ancient lake deposits, not marine sediments as commonly assumed. "We know that ... China, and not uniformly as one would expect for marine deposits. This was an important indicator that the rocks hosting the fossils were not marine in origin. Taken together, several lines of ...

University of Miami receives stimulus funds for study of hurricane impacts on structures, ecosystems

... building on the University's Rosenstiel School of marine and Atmospheric Science (Rosenstiel School) ... building that will also house a state-of-the-art marine Life Science Center. Target for completion of the ... Interaction (SUSTAIN) research facility and a marine Life Science Center. The SUSTAIN laboratory ...

Surviving mass extinction by leading a double life

... the world's oceans are a group of unicellular marine microorganisms that are not only a crucial source of food for other marine life but their fossils, which are found in ... single-celled shell building members of the marine microplankton community have given up a secret ...

NOAA bans commercial harvesting of krill

... crustacean and a key source of nutrition in the marine food web. "Krill are the foundation for a healthy marine ecosystem," said Mark Helvey, NOAA's Fisheries ... food resource will help protect and maintain marine resources and put federal regulations in line ...

Methane-eating microbes can use iron and manganese oxides to 'breathe'

... to believe that microbes only consumed methane in marine anaerobic sediment if sulfate was present," said ... sulfates to convert methane for energy exist in marine sediments. Recently other researchers have ... Institute of Technology, incubated a variety of marine sediments to determine if there were microbes ...

New study ranks 'hotspots' of human impact on coastal areas

... (Santa Barbara, Calif.) Coastal marine ecosystems are at risk worldwide as a result of ... direct impact of human populations on coastal marine habitats. Halpern explained that a large ... with little impact from human activities on land, marine conservation can and needs to focus primarily on ...

Nursery programs for corals receive TLC from NOAA this Independence Day

... the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of marine and Atmospheric Science, as well as other ... degraded reefs in the region. Lirman, in UM's marine Biology and Fisheries division, established a ... reef ecosystems. Once abundant and productive marine habitat builders in Florida and the Caribbean, ...

Corals stay close to home

... stress corals, and thus put both the countless marine organisms that count on corals for habitat and ... remarkable sea creatures. However, the design of marine reserves requires knowledge of the distances ... degraded local populations. In these regions, marine reserves that maintain high local genetic ...

West Coast needs more research on fisheries, marine science, climate change

... According to a new report on regional marine research and information needs, the West Coast ... Grant programs. The report, West Coast Regional marine Research and Information Needs, is available ... Vitality of coastal communities and marine operations Ocean and coastal governance and ...

Geographic profiling applied to track hunting patterns of white sharks in South Africa

... at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of marine and Atmospheric Science and co-principal ... their ecology and role in structuring marine communities," said Hammerschlag. "Our need for ... geographic profiling for the first time in the marine environment. The technology was originally ...

Troubled waters: Low Apalachicola River flow may hurt gulf fisheries

... in the river flow can have implications on marine ecosystems over a much broader geographic region, ... consumed by small zooplankton, thus feeding the marine food web in the region. The strongest connection ... will have a significant impact on the offshore marine systems, especially during abnormally dry years. ...

NOAA forecast predicts large 'dead zone' for Gulf of Mexico this summer

... scientists from the Louisiana Universities marine Consortium, Louisiana State University, and the ... survey led by the Louisiana Universities marine Consortium on July 18-26. In addition, ... of Mexico, indicating where fish and other living marine resources may not be found due to low or ...

NOAA report finds threats to California's Cordell Bank Marine Sanctuary

... report on the health of Cordell Bank National marine Sanctuary indicates that the overall condition of the sanctuary's marine life and habitats is fair to good, but identifies ... resources. "Global issues of concern such as marine debris, ocean acidification and invasive species ...

Research vessel Polarstern starts 24th Arctic season

... by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and marine Research in the Helmholtz Association, will begin ... effects on the ecosystem ranging from bacteria to marine mammals, and also geoscientific questions ... this kind are indispensible for climate related marine research. Examinations on geology and the Arctic ...

Rising acidity levels could trigger shellfish revenue declines, job losses

... creates a corrosive environment for marine organisms such as corals, marine plankton, and shellfish that build carbonate ... mussels and oysters, which support valuable marine fisheries are particularly sensitive to these ...

Rosenstiel students come out on top

... VIRGINIA KEY, Fla. Four University of Miami (UM) marine Biology and Fisheries students have received ... Baker, an assistant professor in the Division of marine Biology and Fisheries at UM's Rosenstiel School of marine and Atmospheric Science. This marks the second ...

Fossil bone bed helps reconstruct life along California's ancient coastline

... of the bone bed, the richest and most extensive marine deposit of bones in the world, are presented in ... it a long-term breeding area for seals and other marine mammals, like Mexico's Scammon's lagoon is for ... articulated skeletons of seals and other marine mammals." One 12-foot-long fossil seal ...

Canadian-based UN coral reef expert honored at world meeting in Australia

... award for his lifetime of achievement in marine research. Peter Sale, Assistant Director for ... shedding important light on how to manage marine environments sustainably. Last year, Dr. Sale ... Jumeirah and Palm Jebel Ali, palm tree-shaped marine residential developments visible from space. ...

Who will pick up the bill?

... CO2 emission, is set to change the Earth's marine ecosystems forever and may have a direct impact ... fishermen in the UK that harvested 645 million of marine products, 43% of which was shellfish. As the ... "Preparing for ocean acidification's effects on marine resources will certainly be complex, because it ...

Elevated water temperature and acidity boost growth of key sea star species: UBC researchers

... to look at the impact of ocean acidification on marine invertebrates that don't have a large calcified ... about the potential impact of climate change on marine species. The findings were published online ... CO2 may not have negative effects on all marine invertebrates, suggesting that predicting the ...

In the turf war against seaweed, coral reefs more resilient than expected

... thought, according to new research by a team of marine scientists from the United States and Australia. ... Following a series of events that disturbed the marine environment (including two major hurricanes, a ... Hugh Sweatman from the Australian Institute of marine Science and William F. Precht, a ...

Lenfest forage fish task force launched

... small prey fish are a critical food source for marine mammals, seabirds, and many large fish species, ... excessive removal can undermine or even collapse marine food webs. The Lenfest Forage Fish Task Force ... prevent fishing-induced irreversible impacts on marine ecosystems. Forage fish include so-called ...

Breakthrough made in assessing marine phytoplankton health

... for the first time in measuring the physiology of marine phytoplankton through satellite measurements of ... see from outer space the faint red glow of tiny marine plants, all over the world, and tell whether or ... productivity on Earth. They fuel nearly all marine ocean ecosystems and are the base of ...

NASA satellite detects red glow to map global ocean plant health

... serving as the most basic food source for marine animals from zooplankton to fish to shellfish. In ... activity on Earth. The health of these marine plants affects commercial fisheries, the amount ... Behrenfeld, a biologist who specializes in marine plants at the Oregon State University in ...

Yellowfin tuna biz concept a winner

... by students from the UM Rosenstiel School of marine and Atmospheric Science. At this year's 7th annual competition, John Stieglitz, a marine Affairs and Policy graduate student, won ... our recent success is that NOAA and the National marine Fisheries Service have just funded our team to ...

Stanford's Woods Institute awards new round of Environmental Venture Projects

... faculty from a variety of disciplines, including marine ecology, geochemistry, biology, anthropology, ... and Implications for Monitoring and Design of marine Protected Areas: To accurately assess the efficacy of marine protected areas, scientists will need a better ...

NSF announces funding for Alaska Region Research Vessel

... disciplines, such as those in fisheries, geology, marine biology, meteorology and oceanography. ... of climate change at high latitudes and how the marine environment and its important fisheries resources ... the ship will be headquartered out of the Seward marine Center. The vessel's size will require the ...

SETAC Europe addresses global ecosystem health in Gothenburg

... Monday 1 June Tom Hutchinson from the Plymouth marine Laboratory in England will share his views on ... Murk from Wageningen University and the Dutch marine Research Institute will discuss "Assessing ... chemistry, life cycle assessment and management, marine ecosystems, nanomaterials, pharmaceuticals, risk ...

ESA map reveals European shipping routes like never before

... images, identified the bright pixels located in marine areas. Despite the fact that ships are more ... other forms of commercial transportation, many marine engines operate on extremely dirty fuel that ... of ships is very important for observing marine transportation and can ...

Skip this cocktail party

... The most extensive study of pollutants in marine mammals' brains reveals that these animals are ... analysis and writing were conducted at College of marine Science, University of South Florida, where Montie now works in David Mann's marine sensory biology lab. Co-author Chris Reddy, a ...

Stanford scientists find heat-tolerant coral reefs that may resist climate change

... said Palumbi, director of Stanford's Hopkins marine Station. "How do they do that?" Corals in ... of government officials, policymakers and marine scientists, including Palumbi. Havens of ... in American Samoa. Ofu, a tropical coral reef marine reserve, has remained healthy despite gradually ...

Double trouble for water life

... algal blooms, contributes to the expansion of marine 'dead zones' and leads to the destruction of ... technically inapplicable to many freshwater and marine ecosystems. He adds that focusing on phosphorus ... and their effects across the entire freshwater to marine continuum, not each one in isolation. ...

Scientists urge world leaders to respond cooperatively to Pacific Ocean threats

... the Pacific region to improve the health of marine ecosystems by 2020. In the consensus ... director of Stanford University's Hopkins marine Station and one of the principal organizers of ... the region. Examples include the establishment of marine protected areas and the creation of economic ...