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Tag: salmon

Climate Change is Lousy for Salmon
Parasitism

Climate Change is Lousy for Salmon

As global temperature increases, salmon farming faces increasing pressure from a copepod known as the salmon louse. Are the salmon…
September 30, 2021September 30, 2021 Ashley Mickens
Holistic management: the vital role of Indigenous Peoples in conservation on the high seas
Policy

Holistic management: the vital role of Indigenous Peoples in conservation on the high seas

This Indigenous Peoples' Day, consider the role of indigenous and local communities in marine conservation and policy. International governing bodies…
October 12, 2020October 12, 2020 Julia Zeh
Athletic Atlantic salmon grow more brain cells than couch potato Atlantic salmon
Neurobiology

Athletic Atlantic salmon grow more brain cells than couch potato Atlantic salmon

Exercise is good for growing muscles - and, as it turns out, cells in the salmon brain. After three weeks…
February 17, 2020February 19, 2020 Anastasia Yandulskaya
Behavior Biology Book Review deep sea Developmental Biology Ecology Evolution Genetics Physiology

Parenthood: The Most Rewarding Experience or The Ultimate Sacrifice?

Our human parents make a lot of sacrifices for us! They devote their time and energy, provide for us, invest…
May 5, 2016May 4, 2016 Rebecca Flynn
Chemistry

Spawning Under the Influence: Drugs and Toxins Found in Salmon

You may think you’re familiar with the side effects of most common medications, but there are other, hidden side effects…
April 18, 2016April 19, 2016 Carrie McDonough
Aquaculture Pollution

Passive Sampling for Antiparasitics near a Chile Salmon Farm

An increase in the number of positive cages and cage-level abundance of sea lice in southern Chile was shown since…
November 11, 2014 Caoxin Sun
Biology Chemistry Fisheries Hazards Human impacts Pollution

The Hairy Truth: Using Grizzly Bear hair to study mercury levels

A large portion of the North American Grizzly Bear population call Western Canada home. The diet of these bears ranges…
August 8, 2014August 8, 2014 Erin Markham

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