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Boosting Coastal Economics With Crustacean Molting On Demand

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:24:37 PST

University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers are close to unraveling intricate cellular pathways that control molting in blue crabs. The discoveries could revolutionize the soft-shell crab...

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Creating Cultured Pearls From The Queen Conch: Scientists Unlock Mystery

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:56:49 PST

For more than 25 years, all attempts at culturing pearls from the queen conch (Strombus gigas) have been unsuccessful -- until now. For the first time, novel and proprietary seeding techniques to...

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Tags Reveal White Sharks Have Neighborhoods In The North Pacific

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:59:11 PST

The white shark may be the ultimate loner of the ocean, cruising thousands of miles in a solitary trek, but a team of researchers has discovered that the sharks have maintained such a consistent...

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North Atlantic Fish Populations Shifting As Ocean Temperatures Warm

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:57:18 PST

About half of 36 fish stocks in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, many of them commercially valuable species, have been shifting northward over the last four decades, with some stocks nearly disappearing...

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Deep-sea Ecosystems Affected By Climate Change

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:19:58 PST

The vast muddy expanses of the abyssal plains occupy about 60 percent of the Earth's surface and are important in global carbon cycling. Based on long-term studies of two such areas, a new paper in...

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Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) Satellite Forms Three-pointed Star In The Sky

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:15:54 PST

Following the launch of ESA's SMOS satellite on 2 November, the French space agency CNES, which is responsible for operating the satellite, has confirmed that the instrument's three antenna arms have...

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Robot Fish Could Monitor Water Quality

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:47:42 PST

Nature inspires technology for an engineer and an ecologist teamed up at Michigan State University. They're developing robots that use advanced materials to swim like fish to probe underwater...

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Remotely Operated Vehicles And Satellite Tags Aid Turtle Studies

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:42:24 PST

Researchers are using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and satellite-linked data loggers to learn more about turtle behavior in commercial fishing areas and to develop new ways to avoid catching...

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Dining Out In An Ocean Of Plastic: How Foraging Albatrosses Put Plastic On The Menu

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:40:46 PST

The North Pacific Ocean is now commonly referred to as the world's largest garbage dump with an area the size of the continental United States covered in plastic debris. The highly mobile Laysan...

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What Are Coral Reef Services Worth? $130,000 To $1.2 Million Per Hectare, Per Year

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:38:34 PST

Experts concluding the global DIVERSITAS biodiversity conference in Cape Town described preliminary research revealing jaw-dropping dollar values of the "ecosystem services" of biomes like forests...

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Underwater Exploration: Autosub6000 Dives To Depth Of 3.5 Miles

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:36:42 PST

The United Kingdom's deepest diving Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), Autosub6000, has been put through its paces during an extremely successful engineering trials cruise on the RRS Discovery, 27...

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Fishery Impact Test Developed

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:35:03 PST

Aspects of the 'ecological risk assessment' (ERA) method have been adopted in the US, Canada, Ecuador, and the Western and Central Pacific, and by the international eco-labelling organisation the...

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North Carolina Sea Levels Rising Three Times Faster Than In Previous 500 Years, Study Finds

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:33:18 PST

An international team of environmental scientists led by the University of Pennsylvania has shown that sea-level rise, at least in North Carolina, is accelerating. Researchers found 20th-century...

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Whales Are Polite Conversationalists: Rhythms Can Be Spotted In Ocean's Chatter

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:32:01 PST

What do a West African drummer and a sperm whale have in common? According to some reports, they can both spot rhythms in the chatter of an ocean crowded with the calls of marine mammals -- a feat...

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Physicists Are Discovering Ways To Build Rogue Waves Out Of Light

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:30:48 PST

Rogue waves—giant waves that spring up suddenly and tower over the seas around them—have inspired physicists to look for an analogue in light. These high-intensity pulses can cross large distances...

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Ocean Acidification May Contribute To Global Shellfish Decline

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:29:18 PST

Relatively minor increases in ocean acidity brought about by high levels of carbon dioxide have significant detrimental effects on the growth, development, and survival of hard clams, bay scallops,...

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Marine Lab Team Seeks To Understand Coral Bleaching

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:20:53 PST

With technology similar to that used by physicians to perform magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, researchers from six institutions -- including the National Institute of Standards and Technology...

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Tsunami Waves Reasonably Likely To Strike Israel, Geo-archaeological Research Suggests

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:19:17 PST

"There is a likely chance of tsunami waves reaching the shores of Israel," says Dr. Beverly Goodman of the Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences at the University of Haifa following an...

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Scientists Map Fish Habitat And Movements At Gray's Reef Marine Sanctuary

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:17:55 PST

Two related research expeditions by NOAA scientists to track the habitat preferences and movements of fish at Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary may help managers protect overfished species such...

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Salmon Migration Mystery Explored On Idaho's Clearwater River

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:15:43 PST

Temperature differences and slow-moving water at the confluence of the Clearwater and Snake rivers in Idaho might delay the migration of threatened juvenile salmon and allow them to grow larger...

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Finding The ASX200 For Marine Ecosystems

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:13:55 PST

Researchers are building the environmental equivalent of the ASX200 as a means of monitoring the health of Australian marine ecosystems. The state of an ecosystem can be understood by measuring the...

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Mantis Shrimp Eyes Could Show Way To Better DVD And CD players

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:11:46 PST

The remarkable eyes of a marine crustacean could inspire the next generation of DVD and CD players, according to a new study from the University of Bristol published today in Nature Photonics. The...

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Geologist Analyzes Earliest Shell-covered Fossil Animals

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:09:38 PST

The fossil remains of some of the first animals with shells, ocean-dwelling creatures that measure a few centimeters in length and date to about 520 million years ago, provide a window on evolution...

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Killer Algae: Key Player In Mass Extinctions

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:05:04 PST

Supervolcanoes and cosmic impacts get all the terrible glory for causing mass extinctions, but a new theory suggests lowly algae may be the killer behind the world's great species...

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Shark Teeth Provide Key To North Sea’s Climatic Past

pjebakumarj@yahoo.co.in (Lovely book lilly) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:03:30 PST

A team of German and British scientists have used fossilised shark teeth to reconstruct the climate of the North Sea during the Palaeogene period, between 40 and 60 million years ago. The results...

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