Browsing by Subject "metabolism"

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    • Climate change may drive fish from equator, studies say 

      NYT (The Philippine Star, June 11, 2015, on page B-7)
      As the climate warms, fish may flee the equator for cooler waters with more oxygen according to a new study in the journal Science. "The oceans are warming up, and the amount of oxygen in the ocean is going down and will ...

    • Cold weather affects fish, too, says fisheries expert 

      Visperas, Eva (The Philippine Star, January 22, 2014, on page A-25)
      The prevailing cold weather affects not only humans but fish, too, like the bangus (milkfish) and tilapia, as it stops their spawning, slows down their growth, and makes them susceptible to diseases. Dr. Westly Rosario, ...

    • The cycle of birth, death and rebirth 

      Go, Antonio Calipjo (Philippine Daily Inquirer, June 2, 2015, on page E3)
      The operculum is a hard and horny structure that exists in many marine and freshwater snails. It is attached to the foot of the mollusk and serves as a trapdoor that closes the aperture of the shell when the soft parts of ...

    • Fish too suffer from stress 

      Visperas, Eva (The Philippine Star, July 23, 2015, on page B-7)
      Stress in fish is caused by different factors, particularly the sudden change of salinity at sea during incessant rains, according to Westly Rosario, chief of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)'s National ...

    • Food chain collapse predicted in oceans 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Panay News, October 14, 2015, on page 8)
      The world's oceans are teeming with life, but rising carbon dioxide emissions could cause a collapse in the marine food chain from the top down, researchers in Australia said. Marine ecologists from the University of ...

    • How to age gracefully? Ask a bowhead whale 

      Dunham, Will (Manila Bulletin, January 8, 2015, on page 12)
      To learn the secret behind aging gracefully, you may want to check out the bowhead whale, the majestic denizen of the Arctic waters that boasts a lifespan topping 200 years. Scientists on Monday unveiled the genetic blueprint ...

    • A warning for the planet in the death of corals 

      Gillis, Justin (Manila Bulletin, October 2, 2010, on page 11)
      From Thailand to Texas, corals stressed by this year's extreme heat are bleaching, or shedding their color and going into survival mode. Many have died; more are expected to do so in coming months. Computer forecasts ...

    • A whale of a story on how to age gracefully 

      Reuters (Malaya, January 7, 2015, on page B5)
      To learn the secret behind aging gracefully, you may want to check out the bowhead whale, the majestic denizen of the Arctic waters that boasts a lifespan topping 200 years. Scientists on Monday unveiled the genetic blueprint ...