‘Something particular’ happening in Paris: Pollution-sensitive mussels found living in the Seine
“There is clearly something particular happening in Paris that we don't fully understand yet; it opens a field of exploration," said Vignon, according to Le Monde. The abundant artificial light in ...
Indiatimes13d
New species of tiny crustacean found in Western Ghats near Pune
The finding by research scholar Sameer Padhye, a freshwater biologist ... a rich and biodiverse region across all organismal taxa. Zooplankton occurrences vary with their responses to human ...
Davis Enterprise14d
UCD: Clear Lake report recommends rehabilitation strategy
The water quality of Clear Lake — California’s largest natural freshwater lake — suffers from low-to-no-oxygen conditions that contribute to harmful algal blooms (HABs) and other issues, according to ...
Yahoo News Canada17d
Lake beds are rich environmental records — studying them reveals much about a place’s history
As researchers in paleolimnology, the historical study of freshwater sediments, we examine the sediments that settles at the bottom of lakes. This accumulation of both organic and inorganic matter ...
Great Lakes Now23d
The History of the Button Industry’s Impact on Freshwater Mussels
Freshwater mussels nestle into the bottom and spend their ... Mussels feed by filtering large quantities of water, which they continuously pump through their bodies to feast on plankton and other ...
Frontiers24d
Diversity and seasonal variation of zooplankton community in a large deep-water reservoir of Eastern China using eDNA and morphological methods
Monitoring zooplankton diversity and community dynamics is essential for understanding ecological processes within freshwater ecosystems. Environmental DNA (eDNA) has been increasingly employed in ...
The Conversation26d
The world’s second largest freshwater crayfish was once plentiful in Australia’s longest river – we’re bringing it back
Nick Whiterod works for the Goyder Institute for Water Research, Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth (CLLMM) Research Centre, which is funded by the national government to deliver research in ...
IFLScience27d
Atmospheric Rivers Are Causing Ecosystem Chaos In West Greenland's Lakes
The unusual conditions decreased the number of phytoplankton that absorb carbon ... of atmospheric rivers led to an abrupt change to the freshwater ecosystems in West Greenland, but the ...
EurekAlert!29d
Extreme climate pushed thousands of lakes in West Greenland ‘across a tipping point,’ study finds
The reduction in light decreased the biodiversity of plankton, which had significant ramifications for the region’s carbon cycle. Researchers found a decrease in phytoplankton that absorb carbon ...