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The Northward Expansion: Tropical Fish Settling the Temperate Seagrass Prairie

How will northward shifting tropical species interact with the temperate habitats they encounter? An example from seagrass habitat in the…

Book Review Climate Change

Extreme La Niña driven by big El Niño under future warming

The succession of ENSO events is projected to become more frequent and intense in a warming climate.

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Smoked: how global warming might spell impending doom for Pacific salmon

Climate change is smoking salmon.

Book Review Ecology

The Rumble in the Coral Jungle? How reef degradation is impacting damselfish competition

Two fish enter. One fish leaves…but, according to new research, that may no longer be the case in degraded habitats.

Biogeochemistry Book Review

Methylated Mercury Cycling in the Canadian Arctic Marine Boundary Layer

Monomethylmercury (MMHg) is the most toxic form of mercury (Hg) to humans and wildlife. In the environment it concentrates (or…

Book Review Climate Change Ecology

Species respond differently to climate shifts over time

Large-scale climate variably is well-known to have impacts on marine ecosystems. However, the response of species over time is not…

Biology Book Review Coastal Management

Sea-ing fewer stars: Virus linked to sea star mass die offs.

Sea stars have been dying by the millions on the Pacific coast of the U.S. and now we have an…

Book Review Climate Change Geology Glaciers Remote Sensing Sea-level Rise

Glacial crevasses: how deep do they go? What does it mean?

The techniques applied here provide a much needed coastal view of the Greenland ice sheets. Work done in previous studies…

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The Great Barrier Reef is worth $15 billion – $20 billion AUS a year: A quick lesson in ecosystem economics

When discussing the value of an ecosystem, tensions run high. Some people evaluate ecosystems with heavy emphasis on non-use values,…

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One, two, skip which few? Biodiversity doesn’t always mean ecosystem stability

Promised benefits from tropical biodiversity may not be as strong as previously thought when it comes to buffering reef ecosystems…

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Zooplankton versus Phytoplankton: a trophic seesaw

NASA satellites reveal artistic swirls of phytoplankton dancing across the ocean surface. This new study explains the dynamic predator-prey imbalances…

Biology Book Review

Herds of sea monkeys help scientists understand the role of diel vertical migration in ocean mixing

Article: Monica M. Wilhelmus and John O. Dabiri. Observations of large-scale fluid transport by laser-guided plankton aggregations. Physics of Fluids, September 30,…

Biology Book Review Ecology

Parasitic crabs steal food and the possibility of offspring from unsuspecting snails.

Crabs find a home inside sea snails leading to reproductive disaster.

Biology Book Review Chemistry Human impacts

Catfish sharks on catnip? Nope, just ocean acidification

Researchers from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden found that ocean acidification may cause hyperactivity in catfish sharks.

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What factors influence Lionfish success in the Bahamas?

Lionfish are recent invaders of the Caribbean Basin and are reproducing at a rapid rate, their population continuing to grow…

Biology Book Review Ecology Remote Sensing

Determining viral controls of phytoplankton blooms

Article: Lehahn, Y. et al. Decoupling Physical from Biological Processes to Assess the Impact of Viruses on a Mesoscale Algal Bloom.Current…

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MAYDAY! MAYDAY! We’ve Run Aground!!…Assessing the early impacts of the Costa Concordia wreck

A week ago, on July 23, 2014, the Costa Concordia was finally towed away from its wreck site near Giglio…

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The oldest seawater chemically analyzed

Water water everywhere, water water always there, but how it’s changed you may not know, read this story and Spear…

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Shark Date.

Carbon age dating of growth bands in white shark vertebrae reveal white sharks are older than originally thought and suggest…

Book Review Fisheries

It’s all about color for the rainbow wrasse

Male rainbow wrasses actively defend their territory and the amount of red light entering the water column has been found…