Man-made wetland's effectiveness similar to natural marsh
Researchers who studied a man-made wetland in Ohio for two years concluded that the created wetland filtered and cleaned water as well as or better than would a natural marsh. The wetland, which was built in an agricultural area, reduced levels of phosphorus by nearly 60 percent and nitrates by 40 percent. Phosphorus and nitrates are prime ingredients in both fertilizers and in water poll...Research: Snails were overlooked contributors to marsh destruction
Buoyed by the effects of an intense drought, otherwise harmless snails likely killed off thousands of acres of salt marsh in the Southeast in recent years. Periwinkle snails, known to science as Littoraria irrorata, normally coexist happily with salt marsh. But the drought, which lasted from 1999 to 2001, weakened and killed marsh grasses such as cordgrass, or Spartina alterniflora, so ext...Iraq's marshes show progress toward recovery
Reflooding of Iraq's destroyed Mesopotamian marshes since 2003 has resulted in a "remarkable rate of reestablishment" of native invertebrates, plants, fish, and birds, according to an article in the June issue of BioScience. Curtis J. Richardson of Duke University and Najah A. Hussain of the University of Basrah, writing about fieldwork conducted over the past two years in four large mars...How healthy is that marsh? Biologists count parasites
Is that salt marsh healthy? To answer this, Sea Grant biologists are cracking open common marsh snails and counting parasitic worms. Their claim: the more parasites, the healthier the marsh. While the parasite hypothesis may conflict with conventional ideas about infectious disease and human health (malaria, for example, is caused by a parasite), the worms the scientists are investigating...Species unique to tidal marshes face threats
Tidal marshes cover only about 45,000 square kilometers worldwide--about the area of Denmark. In comparison with other habitats, tidal marshes support few nonaquatic vertebrate species, but their unique characteristics have led to the evolution of species and subspecies that are endemic (found nowhere else). These endemic species and subspecies, which seem to be largely restricted to North Americ...Carl Christensen says Marshfield Clinic's history gives it an IT edge
In the last decade, technology applied to medical records and other information has become hot enough to raise a new term, "medical informatics," to more common usage. At the <a href="http:...TeraMedica to install software at Marshfield Clinic
The product, known as Evercore, will be deployed to integrate all of Marshfield's clinical data, includin...Marshfield Clinic and UW combine to speed tech growth
Naming No. 1 is relatively easy: the ($764 million) is perennially among the top academic R&D centers in the United States. Second on the list is the <a href="http:...WiSys to patent Marshfield Clinic discoveries
Marking a milestone in the drive to facilitate scientific collaboration and technology transfe...Seth Dobin heading up Marshfield's Mammalian Genotyping Service
He plans to apply his experience in genetics and genomics research to problems of mental health and development of new genetic and genomics tools. Dobrin said he hopes to build on discove...Raids By US Marshals Uncovers Cache’ Of Unapproved Drug
US Marshals in a raid seize $55,000 worth of unapproved dietary supplements in the form of capsules.// It had been reported that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) agency had requested for the raid. It was found that the Advantage Nutraceuticals L.L.C distributed the capsules. Sources have indicated that the seized capsules, which are supposedly in violation of new dru...‘Healthy Stores’ Program Boosts Demand for Better Food in Marshall Islans
Heading straight to the source — the grocery store — can help improve and sustain access to healthy foods among poor people, found a new study conducted in the Marshall// Islands. By learning about shop owners’ business needs and shoppers’ eating habits, the researchers were able to foster an increase in the supply of and demand for nutritious foods. “Diet-related chronic diseases are...MarShield's Lead Radiation Shields & Barriers
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