Introduced marine species are a major environmental and economic problem. The rate of these biological invasions has substantially increased in recent years due to the globalization of the world's economies. The damage caused by invasive species is often a result of the higher densities and larger sizes they attain compared to where they are native. A prominent hypothesis explaining the success...

1 Cancer and Inflammation Program, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America, 2 Sackler Institute of Molecular Medicine, Department of Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, 3 University of Virginia, Charlottesvill...

Although the prevailing paradigm has held that the polar night is a period of biological quiescence, recent studies have detected noticeable activity levels in marine organisms. In this study, we investigated the circadian rhythm of the scallop Chlamys islandica by continuously recording the animal's behaviour over 3 years in the Arctic (Svalbard). Our results showed that a circadian rhythm per...

BACKGROUND Correct identification and cryptic biodiversity revelation for marine organisms are pressing since the marine life is important in maintaining the balance of ecological system and is facing the problem of biodiversity crisis or food safety. DNA barcoding has been proved successful to provide resolution beyond the boundaries of morphological information. Nassarius, the common mudsnail...

Abstract It is well known that sediment and mussel samples are commonly used for monitoring of radioactivity levels in marine ecosystem. In the present study, radioactivity concentrations of Cs, K, Th, U and Po were measured in sediment and mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) samples. The results of the present study were compared with the similar studies.

1 Los Alamos National Labs, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States of America, 2 Computer Science Department, Courant Institute for Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America, 3 Department of Biology, Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America, 4 Computational Biolog...

a Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo, PO Box 1066 Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway b Department of Biology and Hjort Centre for Marine Ecosystem Dynamics, University of Bergen, PO Box 7803, 5020 Bergen, Norway c Knipovich Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography (PINRO), 6 Academician Knipovich Street, 183038 Mu...

The synthesis of (-)-complanine, an inflammatory substance of Eurythoe complanata, was accomplished by a "chiral synthon" approach. The absolute configuration of this molecule was determined to be R.

We computationally study the transport of active, self-propelled particles suspended in a two-dimensional chaotic flow. The pointlike, spherical particles have their own intrinsic swimming velocity, which modifies the dynamical system so that the particles can break the transport barriers present in the carrier flow. Surprisingly, we find that swimming does not necessarily lead to enhanced part...

s of, and/or summary reports of scientific meetings; and simple bibliographies. Issues receive internal scientific review and most issues receive copy editing. Resource Survey Report (formerly Fishermen’s Report) -This information report is a regularly-issued, quick-turnaround report on the distribution and relative abundance of selected living marine resources as derived from each of the NEFSC...