New research highlights the benefits of combining existing long-term plankton monitoring programs and emerging technologies in monitoring the health of our seas. Advances in technology -- such as ...

Advances in technology—such as microscopic imaging and molecular techniques—have the potential to transform our understanding of global ocean health, according to the authors of a new study.

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Credit: Katey Marancik For decades, researchers around the world have been observing negative trends in plankton population dynamics. Jerry Leeman, executive director of the New England Fishermen's ...

However, they should not be employed at the expense of long-term plankton monitoring programmes, which continue to provide an essential role in tracking how our seas are shifting in the face of a ...

Focuses on the biogeochemical cycling of trace metals in marine systems. CalCOFI is a long-term, interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral ecosystem research program off the coast of California that ...

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North America had the highest diversity and density of freshwater mussels on Earth. Discover how the button industry contributed to their decline, leaving these vital species critically endangered ...

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