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A reduction of as little as 5 percent in fisheries catch could result in as much as 30 percent of the British Columbia coastal ecosystems being protected from overfishing, according to a new study. View the full article

A new study shows that bleached corals bounce back to normal growth rates more quickly when they have clean water and plentiful sea life at their side. View the full article

Counting the horns of California's horned lizard, or coast horned lizard, is one way to try to distinguish separate species, but a new study shows that to be unreliable. Biologists considered genetic, morphological and ecological data to separate the species into three, ranging from Baja to Northern California. View the full article

The water mould Saprolegnia can cause skin disease in salmon during its freshwater phase. The mould attacks both fish and eggs and has at times caused great economic loss for the fish farming industry, both in Norway and in other salmon-producing countries. Saprolegnia infection may be seen with the naked eye as white patches on the skin or as "cotton-like" patches on eggs. View the full article

Sea lampreys, which arose from the jawless fish that first appeared a half-billion years ago, dramatically remodel their genomes during embryonic development. This is believed to be the first recorded observation of a vertebrate reorganizing its genome during normal development. Evolutionary biologists are interested in how and why the lamprey re-organizes its genome because the animal is a living fossil with millions of years of evolutionary history. Its closest ancestors were among the first vertebrates on earth. View the full article

A study of oyster reefs in a once-pristine California coastal estuary found them devastated by invasive Atlantic Coast crabs and snails, providing new evidence of the consequences when human activities move species beyond their natural borders. View the full article

Every winter, thousands of seabirds are washed up on shore having perished in unexplained "winter wrecks." To find out why so many seabirds die, researchers calculated the energy requirements of auks and Brünnich's guillemots and found that the birds may not be able to eat enough to survive the North Atlantic's harsh winter conditions. View the full article

Suspending a life in time is a theme that normally finds itself in the pages of science fiction, but now such ideas have become a reality in the annals of science. View the full article

Consumers may soon be able to eat longer-lasting, potentially healthier fish filets. Scientists have extended the shelf life of lingcod fillets and made them more nutritious by dipping them into an edible, protective coating enriched with fish oil. View the full article

The Wildlife Conservation Society announced today that critically endangered alligators in China have a new chance for survival. (2009-07-15) View the full article

Paleontologists have made the most important discovery to date at the Arlington Archosaur Site, a prolific fossil site in Texas. The disassembled skull of a crocodile with two and a half inch long teeth that lived nearly 100 million years ago has been unearthed. View the full article

The major contributors to heat in the display tank are lights, ambient temperature, and heat from pumps, especially those that are submerged. Chillers and room air conditioners work very well, but are expensive to buy and run. View the full article

Time lapse Montipora polyps. View the full article

Gary Lindner and Russ Kikel at AmericanReef.com this month bring you another podcast, this one dealing with shark management at the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium.. View the full article

We'll resume our discussion of various physical parameters beginning with Photosynthetically Active Radiation, or PAR, followed by UV Radiation, Dissolved Oxygen, and finally ORP. View the full article

In Part 1 of this article, we go over the basics of heat transfer theory as applied to aquariums. View the full article

A variety of methods have been devised for maintaining carbonate chemistry parameters in aquaria. Some have proven very effective while others are much less so. This month we'll discuss methods that are commonly utilized by aquarists to manipulate carbonate chemistry, yet prove to be less than ideal at encouraging growth in calcifying organisms. View the full article

Scientists have successfully conducted the first remote detection of a harmful algal species and its toxin below the ocean's surface. View the full article

Drifting across the world's oceans are a group of unicellular marine microorganisms that are not only a crucial source of food for other marine life -- but their fossils, which are found in abundance, provide scientists with an extraordinary record of climatic change and other major events in the history of the Earth. View the full article

The mode of reproduction seen in modern sharks is nearly 400 million years old. That is the conclusion based on the discovery of a so-called "clasper" in a primitive fossil fish earlier this year. View the full article

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has published a final rule in the Federal Register prohibiting the harvesting of krill in the Exclusive Economic Zone off the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington. The rule goes into effect on August 12, 2009. Krill are a small shrimp-like crustacean and a key source of nutrition in the marine food web. View the full article

A key constituent in New England salt marshes may be imperiled by global warming, a new study has found. Experiments show that warmer temperatures cause a spectrum of plants known as forbs to disappear. View the full article

I've met never met the Legend but I did meet his dad, Joseph Jackson. Wish it was the other way around.

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