
News Bites – September 2016
Toxins and toxicants in sharks “Coral, Explained” The rise of seas and tidal flooding “New crab species discovered in Chinese fish market” The plight of California’s Chinook salmon “The tidal
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Toxins and toxicants in sharks “Coral, Explained” The rise of seas and tidal flooding “New crab species discovered in Chinese fish market” The plight of California’s Chinook salmon “The tidal

Fish fins and human fingers Get to know the mouth-breathing dolphin On being a mom, military spouse & fisheries scientist Why are Nova Scotia’s kelp forests disappearing? “Divers Find Second Oldest

What does a swordfish secrete to swim faster? See the ~36 million year old tooth of a megamouth shark “Synthetic Stingray May Lead To A Better Artificial Heart” Zebrafish as a

Godzilla goby! Why is there a fish engulfed by a jellyfish? Mobula rays like you’ve never seen before “The Stunning Case of Leaping Electric Eels” The lemon sharks of Bimini Otoliths tell a

Adding carbon dioxide gas (CO2) to water, a process similar to making carbonated soda water, could help control the movement and behavior of invasive carp in the Great Lakes basin,

“Glacier National Park reshuffles native trout” Can Lake Ontario and Michigan “outswim” Lake Huron’s fate? Why do sharks have jelly in their head? Diving deep on Vanuatu’s reefs Round goby

What colored tanks do coho salmon prefer? Forage fish now federally protected Which invertebrate is “champion of the sea”? Underwater photography you need to see to believe The”Biggest Dam-Removal Project

Great Barrier reef devestated by bleaching Recruiting and retaining minority researchers in ocean science Okeanos finds another octopus “MSA at 40: Fisheries in the Gulf” Tagged paddlefish recaptured over 800

A research group led by Yamamoto Satoshi, a research fellow at the Kobe University Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, has shown that measuring quantities of fish DNA in seawater

Pickled fish: fermentation site in Sweden over 9000 years old Stickleback evolution in 60 seconds “Underestimating Turbines’ Death Toll” The connection between sea otters and sea cows “Microplastics damage oyster fertility”