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	<title>Deep Sea News &#187; Zooplankton</title>
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		<title>National Geographic on Capturing Bioluminescence on Camera</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2011/11/national-geographic-on-capturing-bioluminescence-on-camera/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 02:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Zelnio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adaptations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Despite the &#8220;hunting the giant squid&#8221; theme, there is some really cool footage here. some of it I haven&#8217;t seen before. ]]></description>
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		<title>Copepod awesomesauce</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2011/10/copepod-awesomesauce/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>para_sight</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carnivals & Link Love]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check this out: That right there is one gorgeous copepod, one of the bigger and more important groups of planktonic crustaceans.  It looks huge but is actually tiny; probably 1-2mm.  This is what they normally look like on a light microscope: You can see how much richer and more detailed the top image is (although <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/10/copepod-awesomesauce/">Copepod awesomesauce<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Copepod awesomesauce avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/b1d390f3accea65ab713e0738116d91c?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Krill Sex</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2011/02/krill-sex/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carnivals & Link Love]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[TGIF: Pictures & Movies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Make sure you go read Hannah&#8217;s post on krill sex in the deep sea. Find out why should care about where Antarctic krill get it on.  Also take note of the brilliant web animation of krill sex also released by the authors.  As Kevin noted, &#8220;Best supplemental evah!&#8221; ]]></description>
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		<title>Release of the Daphnia Genome</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2011/02/release-of-the-daphnia-genome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 12:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Bik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zooplankton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daphnia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DNA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freshwater]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gene expression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[genome]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today marks the long-awaited release of the Daphnia pulex genome, published today in Science.  Why is this such a momentous occasion?  Well first of all, there are four people from my lab whose names are on the paper, so I will probably get free beer at some point today to celebrate (score!).  But more importantly, <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2011/02/release-of-the-daphnia-genome/">Release of the Daphnia Genome<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Release of the Daphnia Genome avatar' src='http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/20d1f47cab1a0d600f70354327f925d0?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>The 12 Plankton of Christmas</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2010/12/the-12-plankton-of-christmas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 23:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miriam Goldstein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Zooplankton]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Larval brittle star &#34;snowflakes.&#34; Photo: Dr. Richard Kirby I am spending the holiday break sorting zooplankton in the lab, so this assortment of Christmas-themed plankton seems especially joyous. (I don&#8217;t celebrate Christmas, but I do celebrate beautiful photos of plankton!) From Environmental Graffiti: Dr. Richard Kirby, a Royal Society Research Fellow at Plymouth University was <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2010/12/the-12-plankton-of-christmas/">The 12 Plankton of Christmas<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='The 12 Plankton of Christmas avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/71c182e635e772d1960c8084eb82f7d9?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Oil hydrocarbons ingested by GOM plankton communities</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2010/11/oil-hydrocarbons-ingested-by-gom-plankton-communities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 03:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Bik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Oil Spills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zooplankton]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Deepwater Horizon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food web]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study released today shows the first evidence of Deepwater Horizon oil entering planktonic food webs in the Gulf of Mexico (is anyone surprised?  No?  Didn&#8217;t think so. ). Researchers from Dauphin Island Sea lab and the University of South Alabama tracked levels of  δ13C across different size classes of plankton, looking for depleted <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2010/11/oil-hydrocarbons-ingested-by-gom-plankton-communities/">Oil hydrocarbons ingested by GOM plankton communities<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Oil hydrocarbons ingested by GOM plankton communities avatar' src='http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/20d1f47cab1a0d600f70354327f925d0?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Recycled Island&#8221; not a cure for plastic trash in ocean</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2010/08/recycled-island-not-cure-for-plastic-in-ocean/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miriam Goldstein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plastic]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As some of you may know, my graduate research is on plastic debris in the North Pacific Central Gyre. While I am deeply disturbed by the incredible amounts of plastic permeating our oceans, I also feel that taking a critical, scientific look at this issue is key to finding a solution. Misinformation on this issue <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2010/08/recycled-island-not-cure-for-plastic-in-ocean/">&#8220;Recycled Island&#8221; not a cure for plastic trash in ocean<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='&#8220;Recycled Island&#8221; not a cure for plastic trash in ocean avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/71c182e635e772d1960c8084eb82f7d9?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Your Happiness Kills Crustaceans</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2010/07/your-happiness-kills-crustaceans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Critters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dumping]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Echinogammarus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Figure 2 from paper: Mean average phototaxis and geotaxis score of E. marinus exposed to varied concentrations of serotonin (n = 20 per treatment) over a 3-week period. Error bars to one standard deviation. *Significance compared with control determined by Mann–Whitney and Bonferroni correction p &#60; 0.0125. Nearly 30-90% of the pharmaceuticals we digest are <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2010/07/your-happiness-kills-crustaceans/">Your Happiness Kills Crustaceans<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Your Happiness Kills Crustaceans avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7ef25d7f0a53b2d304a473ccc74d0dc8?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Interactions in the Dark Ocean</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2010/07/interactions-in-the-dark-ocean/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fig 1 from Steinberg and Hansell (2010) DSRIIThe recent of issue of Deep-Sea Research II is out and focuses on the ecological and biogeochemical interactions in the dark ocean. Perhaps the best summary of why this is an important contribution is from the editor of the volume themselves... The deep sea, a vast, dark realm <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2010/07/interactions-in-the-dark-ocean/">Interactions in the Dark Ocean<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Interactions in the Dark Ocean avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7ef25d7f0a53b2d304a473ccc74d0dc8?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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		<title>Oil In Gulf&#8217;s Food Web</title>
		<link>http://deepseanews.com/2010/07/oil-in-gulfs-food-web/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. M</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Harlan Kirgan, Mississippi Press&#8230; Oil droplets have been found beneath the shells of tiny post-larval blue crabs drifting into Mississippi coastal marshes from offshore waters. The finding represents one of the first examples of how oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill is moving into the Gulf of Mexico&#8217;s food chain. The larval crabs are eaten <span style="color:#777"> . . . &#8594; Read More: <a href="http://deepseanews.com/2010/07/oil-in-gulfs-food-web/">Oil In Gulf&#8217;s Food Web<div class="post-avatar" style="float: right;" ><img alt='Oil In Gulf&#8217;s Food Web avatar' src='http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7ef25d7f0a53b2d304a473ccc74d0dc8?s=64&#38;d=monsterid&#38;r=PG' class='avatar avatar-64 photo' height='64' width='64' /></div></a></span>]]></description>
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