The Tide Pool: Loss of Phytoplankton, War Gods and Corals, and Gulf of Mexico Biodiversity
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By , on August 1st, 2010 Leave a comment   Conservation & Environment, Coral, Ecology, Environmental Sciences, New Research, Organisms, Social Sciences   , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

An occasional series where we briefly report 3 new studies and tell you why they are cool! A new paper by Boyce, Lewis, and Worm from Dalhousie University, provides clear evidence of decreasing phytoplankton biomass over the last century. The researchers used a blended dataset of ~450,000 measurements of chlorophyll consisting of field measurements of . . . → Read More: The Tide Pool: Loss of Phytoplankton, War Gods and Corals, and Gulf of Mexico Biodiversity

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(Sieve) Size Matters
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By , on October 27th, 2009 8 comments   New Research, Organisms   , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

The sieve: a marine community ecologist's best friend. Enter the sieve. It is a marine biologists best friend, saving hours of sorting and enabling quantification of fauna. In fact you can get these miracle workers at McMaster-Carr for a mere $40-50. You take good care of these puppies and they will last several graduate student’s . . . → Read More: (Sieve) Size Matters

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