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Category: Trophic Ecology

Food Pyramid for Fish
Trophic Ecology

Food Pyramid for Fish

How do marine animals maintain a healthy diet?
April 2, 2025April 2, 2025 Braden Furness
Rise of the Stickleback
Trophic Ecology

Rise of the Stickleback

An investigation into the unbalanced food web of the Baltic Sea.
March 3, 2025March 2, 2025 Braden Furness
The Chemistry of Fear
Behavior Trophic Ecology

The Chemistry of Fear

What is scarier than a great white shark? For an oyster it is a blue crab.
October 10, 2023 Jaclyn Torkelson
Feeling peckish? A diet assessment of a Hawaiian shearwater
Trophic Ecology

Feeling peckish? A diet assessment of a Hawaiian shearwater

Evaluating diet from digested stomach content is difficult and can be inconclusive. That’s why scientists from Hawaii DNA sequenced it…
January 6, 2022July 29, 2022 Gabrielle Ellis
Peace for Coral Reefs
Biodiversity Biology Coastal Management Conservation Coral Ecology Fisheries Human impacts Policy Trophic Ecology

Peace for Coral Reefs

As the world has learned over the past several months, a little solitude goes a long way towards a healthy…
June 30, 2020June 29, 2020 Zak Kerrigan
Slowing a Thorny Invasion – Managing for COTS with DNA
Coastal Management Conservation Coral Ecology Fisheries Genetics Human impacts Trophic Ecology

Slowing a Thorny Invasion – Managing for COTS with DNA

Crown-of-Thorns Starfish are a natural scourge on coral reefs… or are they? The cycle of outbreaks is cruel, since it…
June 8, 2020June 8, 2020 Rebecca Shell
Feces as Food
deep sea Ecology Trophic Ecology

Feces as Food

Urchins and bacteria, working together to link pelagic and benthic ecosystems.
August 27, 2019August 26, 2019 Rebecca Shell
Ecology of Fear: Current Implications of Orca Presence on Narwhal Behavior and Future Trends
Behavior Biological oceanography Biology Climate Change Conservation Ecology Sea Ice Trophic Ecology

Ecology of Fear: Current Implications of Orca Presence on Narwhal Behavior and Future Trends

The ecology of fear is a hypothesis that predators drive habitat use and behavior in prey species. In the Arctic,…
December 20, 2018December 24, 2018 Matthew Larsen
The Biological Big Bang: Testing the hypothesis that sperm whales use auditory bursts to stun prey and other proposed feeding strategies.
Behavior Biology Conservation deep sea Ecology Methodology Physiology Trophic Ecology

The Biological Big Bang: Testing the hypothesis that sperm whales use auditory bursts to stun prey and other proposed feeding strategies.

Article Fais, A., Johnson, M., Wilson, M., Soto, N. A., & Madsen, P. T. (2016). Sperm whale predator-prey interactions involve…
November 27, 2018December 10, 2018 Matthew Larsen
Snowmageddon: A lighthearted start to Marine Snow theme week
Biochemistry Biological oceanography deep sea Ecology Fisheries Harmful Algal Bloom Human Health Oysters Trophic Ecology

Snowmageddon: A lighthearted start to Marine Snow theme week

While the term “marine snow” may conjure images of an aquatic winter wonderland, some aspects of this phenomenon may not…
January 22, 2018January 22, 2018 Zak Kerrigan
Small but mighty: the importance of forage fish to larger marine creatures
Trophic Ecology

Small but mighty: the importance of forage fish to larger marine creatures

Forage fish like menhaden or capelin are vital to the health of larger marine animals; read on to learn how…
October 17, 2017October 17, 2017 Anna Robuck

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