News articles tagged with 'fish' (Page 2)
Fish provide missing piece in the marine sediment jigsaw
— 22 Feb 2011 23:21 | EnvironmentResearch published today reveals the previously unidentified role that fish play in the production of sediments in the world's oceans, and specifically of the carbonate sediments that…
Coral 'network' can protect Asia-Pac fish stocks
— 22 Feb 2011 23:10 | EnvironmentAn international scientific team has shown that strong links between the corals reefs of the south China sea, West Pacific and Coral Triangle hold the key to preserving fish and marine…
Fishing down food web leaves fewer big fish, more small fish in past century: UBC research
— 18 Feb 2011 20:53 | EnvironmentPredatory fish such as cod, tuna, and groupers have declined by two-thirds over the past 100 years, while small forage fish such as sardine, anchovy and capelin have more than doubled…
Pollution triggers genetic resistance mechanism in a coastal fish
— 18 Feb 2011 17:53 | EnvironmentFor 30 years, two General Electric facilities released about 1.3 million pounds of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) into New York's Hudson River, devastating and contaminating fish…
UT researchers link algae to harmful oestrogen-like compound in water
— 17 Feb 2011 18:33 | EnvironmentUniversity of Tennessee, Knoxville, researchers have found that blue-green algae may be responsible for producing an oestrogen-like compound in the environment which could disrupt the…
Extinction predictor 'will help protect coral reefs'
— 16 Feb 2011 04:32 | EnvironmentMore than a third of coral reef fish species are in jeopardy of local extinction from the impacts of climate change on coral reefs, a new scientific study has found…
When nature calls
— 11 Feb 2011 16:51 | BiologyWhen you've got to go, you've got to go - upstream, that is, if you are a male swordtail fish seeking a mate, according to research from Texas A and M University…
Rowdy residents warn crustaceans away from perilous reefs
— 8 Feb 2011 17:42 | EnvironmentIn the first study to examine the response to noise of a diverse range of crustaceans, an international team led by the University of Bristol found that many families of crustaceans…
Smithsonian scientists discover 7 new species of fish
— 5 Feb 2011 14:18 | BiologyThings are not always what they seem when it comes to fish - something scientists at the Smithsonian Institution and the Ocean Science Foundation are finding out. Using modern genetic…
Arctic fisheries' catches 75 times higher than previous reports: UBC research
— 5 Feb 2011 14:06 | EnvironmentUniversity of British Columbia researchers estimate that fisheries catches in the Arctic totalled 950,000 tonnes from 1950 to 2006, almost 75 times the amount reported to the United…