NSF-funded scientists to examine environment at the molecular level
...rtant in global nitrogen and carbon cycles, affect marine ecosystems....Tiny RNA may be universal regulator of developmental timing in animals
...eatures as diverse as fish, sea urchins, mollusks, marine worms, flies, nematodes and humans. The team led...up of biologists who are experts in the biology of marine mollusks, jellyfish, coral, sponges, worms, flies, mice, fish, sea urchins and sea squirts. By ana...Global warming: lessons taught by snails and crabs
... to the waters of Monterey Bay, where he and other marine biologists have found disturbing signs that higher...nt Willis Hewatt counted and identified all of the marine invertebrates living in a 95-square-yard section of intertidal shoreline near the marine lab located...Scientists launch the worlds first marine life census
...main a mystery to science. This week, more than 60 marine scientists and technicians came together at Stanfo...ransmitting devices on different species of birds, marine mammals and fish. Among the criteria considered were the cost of each device (they can run thousand...Researchers expand dating of marine animals to brachiopods
... into the puzzle. They have expanded the dating of marine animals beyond mollusks to brachiopods, and the me...aging for present-day brachiopods. Brachiopods are marine invertebrates about the size of a dime that are superficially similar to clams and mussels in that t...Ancient South African soils point to early terrestrial life
...tinctly different from the organic carbon found in marine sedimentary rock. "Although terrestrial bacterial communities were predicted by previous researchers, this is, to our knowledge, the first study presenting several lines of evidence for an extensive development of microbial mats on soil surfaces in ...2000 FALL MEETING: updated press conferences, press registration, and other information
...ts. An interdisciplinary group of anthropologists, marine scientists, geologists, archeologists and others has been looking into ways the environment has affected human cultural changes, including the Maya and ancient peoples of North America. Panelists: Geoffrey Seltzer, Department of Earth Sciences, Syr...... or millennia -- rivers, deltas, coastal zones, or marine shelves -- to get some idea of the pre-human state of aquatic ecosystems."...Hawaiian chemist honored for ocean research at Pacifichem 2000
... develop and bring to the forefront the science of marine natural products. Today, thanks largely to Scheuer... The symposium will feature the latest research on marine natural products. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Scheuer's academic career at the Universit...How do I love whales? Let me count the ways
...nts whales. The Texas A&M University at Galveston marine researcher is on a mission that, in ecological terms, counts plenty. No one knows exactly how many of the 50-ton, 50-foot long Bowhead whales are out there. One thing we do know, says Wursig, an expert on the subject, is that there aren't as many a...New N.C. ferry-linked water monitoring begins generating useful data for analysis
CHAPEL HILL -- For the first time, marine scientists at the University of North Carolina at ...Joseph S. Ramus, professors at the UNC-CH and Duke marine laboratories in Morehead City and Beaufort, respectively, and project co-directors, will expand thei...Scientists track phosphate to better understand global warming
...ntually travels through streams to oceans and into marine sediments. A "feast or famine" element, phosphoru..." While Cade-Menun studies land systems, Paytan, a marine biogeochemist, investigates the intimate interactions between the solid Earth and the oceans through......Placing small sensing devices on the seals' coats, marine biologists and oceanographers are gathering information not only on the mammals themselves, but also on sea temperatures and pressure from depths not normally reached by research ships and satellite sensing. The sensors weigh no more 5 pounds on land...Global diagnosis completed of ocean regions most sensitive to an iron-rich diet
Adding iron to the diet of marine plant life has been shown in shipboard experiments... of the essential nutrients needed for microscopic marine plant life to flourish, along with nitrogen, phosphorus, and silicate. Where dust from arid regions ...Researchers trace toxins from algal blooms through the marine food web in Monterey Bay
...ovies, sardines, and krill, all key species in the marine food web. Harvesting of anchovies and sardines for... potential effects of the toxin on a wide range of marine mammals and birds, said Mary Silver, a professor of ocean sciences at the University of California, ...New species of early bird discovered in Mongolia by team of research scientists
...y modern birds were not restricted to a near shore marine or wading bird habitat, but were, rather, small terrestrial flyers. Discovered in continental (not near-shore or marine) deposits, Apsaravis displays many characters placing it closely to Aves, or modern birds, yet it also retains characters common ......iving birds were not restricted to a near shore or marine habitat and wading bird ecology , but that they were already occupying diverse environments and ecologies as different as those of seagulls and pigeons today. The finding also has important implications in the current thinking about the evolution of ...Saving Florida's gentle giants
... application of this Defense technology to protect marine mammals. "The goal would be to eventually have all of Florida's canal and gate locks fitted with these simple sensors," says project engineer Larry Taylor of the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution. Part of Florida's Manatee Protection System, t...Story tips from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, January 2001
...se scientists know that adding iron to the diet of marine plants has been shown to boost the amount of carbon dioxide-absorbing phytoplankton. Oceanic phytoplankton remove nearly as much carbon dioxide from the atmosphere each year as all land-based plants, so a better understanding of the relationship betw......of the blue-crab population and harvest. A pair of marine biologists at North Carolina State University is w...d may contain 2 to 3 million eggs. Until recently, marine biologists assumed that the female crabs swim out into the bay with ebb tide currents, then avoid th...