Make sure you go read Hannah’s post on krill sex in the deep sea. Find out why should care about where Antarctic krill get it…
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Release of the Daphnia Genome
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,…
View More Release of the Daphnia GenomeThe 12 Plankton of Christmas
I am spending the holiday break sorting zooplankton in the lab, so this assortment of Christmas-themed plankton seems especially joyous. (I don’t celebrate Christmas, but…
View More The 12 Plankton of ChristmasOil hydrocarbons ingested by GOM plankton communities
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? …
View More Oil hydrocarbons ingested by GOM plankton communities“Recycled Island” not a cure for plastic trash in ocean
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…
View More “Recycled Island” not a cure for plastic trash in oceanYour Happiness Kills Crustaceans
Nearly 30-90% of the pharmaceuticals we digest are excreted in its active form. These active pharmaceuticals collect sewage systems and eventually make their way to…
View More Your Happiness Kills CrustaceansInteractions in the Dark Ocean
The deep sea, a vast, dark realm featuring disticntive organisms and serving as a massive reservoir of carbon, is the largest and leas explored ecosystem on Earth.…
View More Interactions in the Dark OceanOil In Gulf’s Food Web
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…
View More Oil In Gulf’s Food WebWhat in Darwin’s Name Are Chaetognaths?!
Lynn Margulis classified the Chaetognaths, known as arrow worms, as deuterostomes. Deuterostomy is characterized by several developmental characteristics including radial, indeterminate cleavage, a posterior position…
View More What in Darwin’s Name Are Chaetognaths?!Climate Change and Food Availability in the Deep
A nice, new video produced by MBARI about Dr. Ken Smith’s research: “The vast muddy expanses of the abyssal plains occupy about 60 percent of…
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