Phytoplankton or microalgae found in the ocean are often known to produce a sulfur-containing chemical called dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP). This organic molecule breaks down to release a strong ...
Community members and experts will gather for the 18th Annual Freshwater Summit to discuss Great Lakes protection efforts.
Scientists were recently surprised to find that the natural community of zooplankton -- tiny, aquatic animals known to graze on bacteria -- present in freshwater and saltwater do not clean water that ...
Technically known as Craspedacusta sowerbii, or “peach blossom jellyfish,” the freshwater critters measure in at about the ...
Willem H. van de Poll, Douwe S. Maat, Philipp Fischer, Ronald J. W. Visser, Corina P. D. Brussaard, Anita G. J. Buma Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 66, No. 4 (April ...
Meteorologist Paul Roebber anticipates future winters on Lake Michigan will look a lot like the one we've just experienced — warmer and ice-cover-free. Lake Michigan is teeming with life. But over ...
Many plankton journey from the cold, dark depths of our oceans to the surface, only to eventually drift down again into the darkness in a perpetual rhythm. Yet, how single-celled phytoplankton, most ...
Climate change not only causes temperatures on land and in the sea to rise, but also leads to warming rivers, lakes, and ...