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Measuring shells and skeletons encased in thousands of limestone samples has revealed that the sheer amount of living stuff ...
Pelagic fishes include a diverse range of species that have evolved distinct physiological, behavioral and morphological traits for life in the open-water.
They have also conducted an experiment that exposed the North Sea plankton community to different future warmer scenarios, both with and without heatwaves.
Executive director and chief scientist Brian Roberts poses at the marsh mesocosm experiment at the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium in Cocodrie, La., Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (Photo by ...
Here, we assessed the impacts of repeated exposures to a Cu (OH) 2 nanopesticide on the soil and sediment biodiversity of target (terrestrial) and nontarget (wetland) ecosystems by performing ...
While in field sampling we have greater realism, the mesocosm experiment we have greater control of other variables that may be important for the secondary production of zooplankton (as nutrient ...
Through its EcoLaboratory facility, The University of Birmingham is leading stream mesocosm manipulations of temperature and drought. While whole-reach drought manipulations will be carried out in the ...
The Wildlife Ecology Research Facility (WERF) features animal care rooms, which are designed to allow users to study a wide range of aquatic and terrestrial species and research questions in ecology, ...
During the experiment, scientists varied the number of Roach (a small fish that eats zooplankton) across 14 mesocosms and measured how the zooplankton community and their daily migration changed in ...
In this extract from the new book Beautiful Experiments: An Illustrated History of Experimental Science, science writer Philip Ball explains how Isaac Newton transformed our understanding of light.