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1 tide, 2 tide, red tide, blue tide
ECOLOGY: All Washed Up
Caroline Ash
Toxic algal blooms, or red tides, caused by dinoflagellates pose a danger for humans and many other vertebrates. In November 2007, a late red tide of Akashiwo sanguinea in Monterey Bay caused a mass stranding and high mortality of winter visiting seabirds. Jessup et al. report that the birds' plumage had ( Read more... ) -
Vernal Equinox
for those of you who think I live in sunny san diego... it is god damn cloudy today. -
some like it hot
PHYSIOLOGY: Mad Dogs and Englishmen
Andrew M. Sugden
It is well established that organisms respond to climate change by adapting, by shifting their geographic distribution, or--in the unluckier cases--by becoming extinct. Most models of responses to climate change focus on changes in distribution, usually based on "climatic envelope" concepts: ( Read more... )
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