Climate change reduces nutritional value of algae

... they are the first link in the underwater food chain, the algae ultimately influence the entire ecosystem. In a follow-up study, the Centre for limnology (NIOO-KNAW) and the Department of Aquatic Microbiology at Universiteit van Amsterdam will examine what effects the reduced nutritional value of the ...

Limnology in Biological News

'Hot spot' for toxic harmful algal blooms discovered off Washington coast

... reduce the impact of biotoxins on coastal shellfisheries," said Vera Trainer, lead author of a paper published in the January issue of the journal limnology & Oceanography , and a scientist at the NOAA Fisheries Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Seattle. Scientists noted that the Juan de Fuca eddy, ...

Ponds found to take up carbon like world's oceans

... of Natural Resources. Downing has presented invited seminars on this research to the International Society of Limnology, the American Society of limnology and Oceanography, and at several major research institutions in North America and Europe. Most recently, he was invited to discuss his research by ...

New twist on life's power source

... organisms release oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide. But two studies by Arthur Grossman and colleagues*+ reported in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta and limnology and Oceanography suggest that certain marine microorganisms have evolved a way to break the rulesthey get a significant proportion of their energy ...

Springer author Carlos M. Duarte awarded Spanish science prize

... October 2007. Carlos Duarte has been on the federations governing board since 2002. In 2006, he was elected President of the American Society of limnology and Oceanography. The Spanish science prize has been awarded by Spains Ministry of Education and Science since 2001. Each prize winner receives ...

Citizen Science -- a celebration of partnership between academia and local people

... College, Dublin; Bournemouth; Washington State USA; Insubria, Italy and Lodz, Poland. David Harpers own particular interest is with the limnology (lake ecology) of the soda lakes of the Rift Valley and the flocks of flamingos who depend on them. This is an interest developed since 2000, ...

Media advisory -- 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting

... Monday-Thursday evenings to avoid overlap with oral sessions. Four scientific organizations sponsor the 2008 meeting: The American Society of limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the Estuarine Research Federation (ERF), and The Oceanography Society (TOS). This ...

Study shows hope for ridding lakes of clawed invader

... community of a lake," says Stephen Carpenter, a UW-Madison professor of limnology and zoology involved in the study on Sparkling Lake in Vilas County, Wis. ... crayfish is the key, notes Jake Vander Zanden, a UW-Madison professor of limnology who is helping oversee the experiment. "One important message is that ...

Researchers to study why dead zone returned to Lake Erie

... the problem was solved, and the surprise is in the last few years the dead zone is back." Researchers from U-M, the Cooperative Institute for limnology and Ecosystems Research, NOAA, and several other universities will study the possible causes of the dead zone, as well as develop management and ...

Limnology in Biological Definition

Limnology

... limnology is a discipline that concerns the study of ... the field with his studies of Lake Geneva . limnology traditionally is closely related to hydrobiology ... Organizations American Society of limnology and Oceanography Australian Society ...

Ichthyology

... there is much that is still not known about biology and behavior. The practice of ichthyology is closely connected with marine biology , limnology , and oceanography . Contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Journals 3 Organizations 4 Notable ...

Zoology

... ), esp. sea turtles Charles Darwin Dian Fossey ( primatology ) Arthur David Hasler , ( January 5 , 1908 - March 23 , 2001 ) ( limnology , ichthyology , salmon homing) Victor Hensen , ( February 10 , 1835 - April 5 , 1924 ) ( planktology ) Libbie Hyman (invertebrate zoology ...

Limnology in Biological Dictionary

Limnology

... limnology is often regarded as a division of ecology ... attributes ... The International Society of limnology (formerly International Association of ... NIOO/Centre of limnology . Rijksstraatweg 6. 3631 AC Nieuwersluis. The ...