marine food
Nitrogen losses off the Coast of Oman
Nitrogen is an essential nutrient and often a limiting factor for all life on our planet. It is present in proteins and DNA. In the oceans, microbial processes…
Jellyfish blooms transfer food energy from fish to bacteria
Jellyfish can be a nuisance to bathers and boaters in the Chesapeake Bay on the United States' East Coast and many other places along the world's coasts.A new…
Propeller Turbulence May Affect Marine Food Webs
The study—by VIMS graduate student Samantha Bickel, VIMS professor Kam Tang, and Hampton University undergraduate Joseph Malloy Hammond—appears in the March…
Scientists question fisheries health test
The findings – published this week in Nature – followed an examination of whether changes in fishery catches reflect changes in the structure of marine food…
Squid studies provide valuable insights into hearing mechanisms
In a hangar-like research building at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), biologist T. Aran Mooney is exploring virtually uncharted waters: Can…
Study Reveals 'Sobering' Decline of Caribbean's Big Fish, Fisheries
While other scientists working in the Caribbean have observed the declines of large predators for decades, the comprehensive work by Stallings documents the…