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Seabird poop and coral reefs
Scientists have known for a long time that nutrient-rich guano can significantly change the ecology of areas where seabirds nest…
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Seagrass Fights Back Against Grazing!
If you were a plant, like seagrass, how would you prevent other creatures from eating you? Do you even try?…
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Antarctic ice dams at risk
Source: Fürst et al. (2016), The Safety band of Antarctic ice shelves. Nature Climate Change The shrinking Antarctic As our planet…
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March Theme Week 2016
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Stellar’s Sea Cow and Their Not So Stellar Demise
Steller's Sea Cow provides an example of how many large animals in the Pleistocene may have gone extinct.
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Oh Where, Oh Where Should This Oyster Reef Go?
Where indeed? Oyster reef restoration and use for shoreline protection requires some planning to maximize effectiveness. Find out more in…
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Rising above the noise
Oceanbites is still “ringing” in the New Year! Find out how in a sea full of noisy fish one can…
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Ringing in the New Year
Join us as we "Ring in the New Year" with a series of posts about sound in the ocean. Learn…
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Cuttlefish “freeze-out” their predators
Cephalopods such as cuttlefish are known to use camouflage behavior to avoid being eaten. Sharks are able to find disguised…
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Mystery Solved: Insight into the Eel Migration
Article: Béguer-Pon, M., M. Casonguay, S. Shan, J. Benchetrit, and J.J. Dodson. 2015. Direct observations of American eels migrating across…
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A Snack That’s Literally On the House?
Most important relationships have deep running roots, not always visible to the world. It turns out, some symbiotic or mutualistic…
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Some like it hot, and that might help
For fish in the 21st century, the riskiest places to live might not be the ones that are warming the…
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KaBLOOM! How do volcanic eruptions stimulate plankton growth and fish production?
Article: Kearney, K.A., D. Tommasi, and C. Stock. 2015. Simulated ecosystem response to volcanic iron fertilization in the subarctic Pacific…
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Mercury at elevated levels observed in only some elephant seals, but why?
Mercury: we know it from old-school thermometers and we know if from sushi; and now we know that the distribution…
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As the Caribbean sand heats up female sea turtles rule the beach
The sex of sea turtle eggs depends on the temperature of incubation. What happens when the sand heats up?
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Halloween Edition: Creepy Ocean Critters
For this special Halloween edition of OceanBites we are going to explore the creepy creatures that inhabit our ocean. Get…
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Decomposition in the Deep Sea
Whale carcasses that fall to the seafloor provide large amounts of food to deep-sea environments. Though ecologically important, little is…
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Tracking the movements of a heavily fished Fijian shark
The silvertip is a reef shark targeted for its fins. Scientists tagged a Fijian silvertip to learn more about what…
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Colorful adaptations: the use of fluorescence as a lure
When viewed under the right filter, the world can look like one big black light party. A large variety of…
