The Tide Pool: Divergent Flatfish, Eavesdropping Fiddler Crabs, Hurricanes Kill Urchins
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By , on July 27th, 2010 One comment   Adaptations, Ecology, Fish, Natural Disaster, New Research, Organisms, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

An occasional series where we briefly report 3 new studies and tell you why they are cool! ———————————- Symphurus sp. collected from Macauley Volcano; scale is 5 cm long. Courtesy M. Clark (NIWA). The western Pacific is broken land, plates are crashing every which way creating earthquakes and volcanoes from Russian Kamchatka to New Zealand. . . . → Read More: The Tide Pool: Divergent Flatfish, Eavesdropping Fiddler Crabs, Hurricanes Kill Urchins

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Oil In Gulf’s Food Web
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By , on July 1st, 2010 One comment   Ecology, Mating & Reproduction, Oil Spills, Organisms, Plankton   , , , ,  

From Harlan Kirgan, Mississippi Press… 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’s food chain. The larval crabs are . . . → Read More: Oil In Gulf’s Food Web

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Fiddler Crabs Moult for a Breath of Fresh Air
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By , on April 13th, 2010 12 comments   Adaptations, Conservation & Environment, Ecology, Environmental Sciences, New Research   , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Uca pugnax says, “On guard blasphemer!” Image from fiddlercrab.info. Everyone knows that all crabs moult. Its no secret. When you wear you skeleton on the outside, its difficult to find the room to grow. Every now and then crabs and other arthropods (as well as a few other phyla) shed their exoskeleton or cuticle, resorbing . . . → Read More: Fiddler Crabs Moult for a Breath of Fresh Air

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