Structure of the parasite communities of a coral reef fish assemblage (Labridae): testing ecological and phylogenetic host factors
Muñoz G1, Grutter AS, Cribb TH. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17436938 Abstract The role of ecological and phylogenetic processes is fundamental to understanding how parasite communities are structured. However, for coral reef fishes, such information is almost nonexistent. In this study, we analyzed the structure of the parasite communities based on composition, richness, abundance, and biovolume ...
Environmental DNA helps scientists find rare aquatic species
Special issue of Biological Conservation journal focuses on eDNA for the conservation of aquatic species By Katherine Strickler, PhD | Posted on 2 February 2015 onservation relies on our ability to detect and monitor populations and their threats. For aquatic species, this challenge is increased by the difficulty of seeing animals in the aquatic environment, especially rare species that occur at low densities. ...
New Research May Solve Puzzle in Sea Level Rise
By JUSTIN GILLIS A discrepancy in climate research had set off a search for possible additional melting from glaciers like those in Antarctica. Credit NASA, via Reuters A team of researchers reported Wednesday that the ocean did not rise quite as much as previously believed in the 20th century. They proposed a seemingly tiny adjustment that could make a big difference in scientific understanding of the looming ...
Ocean Life Faces Mass Extinction, Broad Study Says
A team of scientists, in a groundbreaking analysis of data from hundreds of sources, has concluded that humans are on the verge of causing unprecedented damage to the oceans and the animals living in them. “We may be sitting on a precipice of a major extinction event,” said Douglas J. McCauley, an ecologist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an author of the new research, which was published ...
Vietnamese-How Dams Disrupt Lives - Experiences from the Mun River
People in the Mekong basin depend on the river for food and livelihood. The Mekong sustains 60 million people living in its basin. The Mun River has the largest basin area of all the Mekong's tributaries in Thailand. The Pak Mun Dam was 5.5 km from the mouth of the Mun River. Fish disappeared from the Mun River after the dam was built. This documentary film was produced to share with the people living in the Mekong ...