Posted on EPOCA: 21 Aug 2012 After a pelagic larval phase, infaunal bivalves undergo metamorphosis and transition to the underlying sediments to begin the benthic stage of their life history, where they explore and then either accept or reject sediments. Although the settlement cues used by juvenile infaunal bivalves are
Month: August 2012
Extinctions in ancient and modern seas
Posted on EPOCA: 16 Aug 2012 In the coming century, life in the ocean will be confronted with a suite of environmental conditions that have no analog in human history. Thus, there is an urgent need to determine which marine species will adapt and which will go extinct. Here, we
World’s oceans given ‘health’ rating
Posted on UPI.com: 15 Aug 2012 — Science News VICTORIA, British Columbia, Aug. 15 (UPI) — An international team of scientists has given the world’s oceans a health score of 60 out of 100, Canadian team members reported Wednesday. Researchers at the University of British Columbia were part of the
Ocean Acidification Pteropod Study (OAPS) blog
Posted on EPOCA: 13 Aug 2012 — This blog chronologs the Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s Research Vessel New Horizon on a 25-day cruise to the northeast Pacific. Posted by Dr. Gareth Lawson. THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 2012 First Post of a New Cruise Gareth here. Welcome back to the Charismatic
Op-ed: How we can fight ocean acidification, protect marine life
Posted on Seattle Times: 12 Aug 2012 — We must embrace ocean conservation and management strategies to fight ocean acidification. — LISA GRAUMLICH Special to The Times THOSE of us who care about the health of our coastal and marine resources recently received yet another wake-up call. A longtime oyster