Viruses manipulate the marine environment Forest Rohwer& Rebecca Vega Thurber Nature 459, 207-212 (14 May 2009) | doi:10.1038/nature08060; Published online 13 May 2009 A series of recent studies has shown that viruses have the ability to manipulate the life histories and evolution of their hosts in remarkable ways Since my tank’s salinity peaked at 1.030, I’ve had problems […]
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Lactic acid bacteria vs. pathogens in the gastrointestinal tract of fish: A review
Lactic acid bacteria vs. pathogens in the gastrointestinal tract of fish: A review Article (PDF Available) in Aquaculture Research 41(4):451 – 467 · March 2010 with 359 Reads DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2009.02339.x Einar Ringø, Lisbeth Løvmo, Mads Kristiansen, Yvonne Bakken, Terry M Mayhew …before any infection can be established, pathogens must penetrate the primary barrier. In fish, the three major routes of infection are the skin, gills and gastrointestinal […]
Why are there so few fish in the sea?
Why are there so few fish in the sea? Greta Carrete Vega, John J. Wiens Proc. R. Soc. B 2012 279 2323-2329; DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0075. Published 10 May 2012 Full text available. Remarkably, our ancestral reconstructions suggest that all extant marine actinopterygian fish are derived from a freshwater ancestor
Tissue and skeletal changes in the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 under phosphate enrichment
Tissue and skeletal changes in the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 under phosphate enrichment Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology Volume 409, Issues 1–2, 1 December 2011, Pages 200–207 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.08.022 [PDF] columbia.edu
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