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Tag: clams

Shedding Light on the Origin of Clam Photosymbiosis
Evolution Genetics

Shedding Light on the Origin of Clam Photosymbiosis

You may have heard of photosymbiosis in corals. But did you know that some species of clams also host photosynthetic…
August 10, 2020August 10, 2020 Constance Sartor
SURFO Special: Keep clam and carry on! Comparing diet differences in awning clams and quahogs
Ecology Fisheries

SURFO Special: Keep clam and carry on! Comparing diet differences in awning clams and quahogs

Every summer, the URI Graduate School of Oceanography hosts undergraduate research interns called SURFOs. In this post, learn about Sommer…
September 22, 2019October 2, 2020 Nyla Husain
Biochemistry Biological oceanography Climate Change Ecology Evolution Genetics

Clamate Change: How clams may be able to cope with a warming world

Global temperatures are increasing at a rate never before seen in Earth’s history. Although efforts to mitigate this are still…
February 9, 2017February 9, 2017 Zak Kerrigan
Biology Ecology Fisheries

All Food Does NOT Come from the Sun

Excerpt: We’re taught at a young age that all food comes from the sun via photosynthesis. But, does it really?…
January 16, 2017January 15, 2017 Erin McLean
Biology Book Review Physiology

Honey, we shrunk the seafood

Atlantic surfclams have gotten smaller over the last thirty years. This modeling study explores how temperature and how we fish…
May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 Sarah Giltz
Biology Genetics

Clams Catch Contagious Cancer

Clams along the northeastern coast of North America are suffering from a form of cancer that researchers have recently discovered…
April 29, 2015April 29, 2015 Ashley Marranzino

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