Marine Biology News - Life Science News RSS Feeds from Brightsurf Science NewsLife Science :: Marine BiologyMarine Biology News Stories, Current Marine Biology News Events, Discoveries and Articleshttp://www.brightsurf.com/rss.news.xml?search=Marine_Biology Marine Biology News Stories Current Marine Biology News Events, Discoveries and Articles Dry Tortugas show positive trends: Protected area slowly rebounding A team of 38 research divers from the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, NOAA Fisheries Service, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the National Park Service, REEF, and the University of North Carolina at Wilmington recently completed a successful 20-day biennial census to measure how the protected status of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary's Tortugas Ecological Reserve and Dry Tortugas National Park's Research Natural Area are helping the regional ecosystem rebound from decades of overfishing and environmental changes. (2008-06-24) Genome sequence of lancelet shows how genes quadrupled during vertebrate evolution The newly sequenced genome of a dainty, quill-like sea creature called a lancelet provides the best evidence yet that vertebrates evolved over the past 550 million years through a four-fold duplication of the genes of more primitive ancestors. (2008-06-19) What makes life go at the tropics? What causes tropical life to thrive: temperature, or sunlight? The answer is not necessarily "both." According to a study published online this week in PNAS Early Edition, the explosion of species at the tropics has much more to do with warmth than with light. (2008-05-28) Leading Engineers and Scientists Identify Advances That Could Improve Quality of Life Around the World A diverse committee of experts from around the world, convened at the request of the National Science Foundation (NSF), announced 14 grand challenges for engineering in the 21st century that, if met, would improve how we live. (2008-03-14) 5th annual Keys bonefish population census results announced Results are in from last year's fifth annual Bonefish Population Census in the Florida Keys and the bonefish population has remained fairly steady from 2006, however, the number of volunteers participating in the annual event continues to grow. (2008-02-26) Divers find new species in Aleutians There are unknown creatures lurking under the windswept islands of the Aleutians, according to a team of scientific divers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. (2007-11-05) Scripps Scientists Discover Fluorescence in Key Marine Creature Fluorescent proteins found in nature have been employed in a variety of scientific research purposes, from markers for tracing molecules in biomedicine to probes for testing environmental quality. Until now, such proteins have been identified mostly in jellyfish and corals, leading to the belief that the capacity for fluorescence in animals is exclusive to such primitive creatures. (2007-10-31) TAU scientists probe 'deep' questions aboard EcoOcean's environmental research ship Did the great flood of Noah's generation really occur thousands of years ago" Was the Roman city of Caesarea destroyed by an ancient tsunami" Will pollution levels in our deep seas remain forever a mystery" (2007-09-10) Condition of bluefin tuna in gulf of maine is declining The quality of giant bluefin tuna caught in the Gulf of Maine has declined significantly since the early 1990s, researchers at the University of New Hampshire have found by analyzing detailed logbooks from a commercial tuna grader at the Yankee Fisherman's Co-op. (2007-08-24) Census of Marine Life historians detail collapse of bluefin tuna population off northern Europe Ocean historians affiliated with the Census of Marine Life have painted the first detailed portrait of a burst of fishing from 1900 to 1950 that preceded the collapse of once abundant bluefin tuna populations off the coast of northern Europe. (2007-08-06) |
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