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- November 17, 2011
- 10:00 PM
- 650 views
The REAL cookie monster
by Alistair Dove in Deep Sea News
Marine biologist & blogger Dr. Alistair Dove interviews marathon swimmer Michael Spalding, victim of the 1st known attack on a person by a cookie cutter shark... Read more »
Honebrink, Randy, Buch, Robert, Galpin, Robert, & Burgess, George H. (2011) First documented attack on a live human by a cookiecutter shark (Squaliformes, Dalatiidae: Isistius sp.). Pacific Science, 65(3), 365-374. info:/10.2984/65.3.365
- August 17, 2011
- 10:30 PM
- 622 views
There Is More Than One Way To Impregnate A Squid
by Dr. M in Deep Sea News
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All sperm are not the same. Among fruit flies the longer the reproductive tract of the female the longer the sperm. In tiny crustaceans called ostracods, sperm length can ........ Read more »
Iwata, Y., Shaw, P., Fujiwara, E., Shiba, K., Kakiuchi, Y., & Hirohashi, N. (2011) Why small males have big sperm: dimorphic squid sperm linked to alternative mating behaviours. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11(1), 236. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-236
- August 12, 2011
- 12:15 PM
- 1,218 views
A great day for a little Traumatic Insemination
by Holly Bik in Deep Sea News
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Sometimes I think that those of us studying ‘minor phyla’ do so in order to prevent from developing some secret (potentially peverse) obsessions. Example: I recently a........ Read more »
COOMANS, A., VERSCHUREN, D., & VANDERHAEGHEN, R. (1988) The demanian system, traumatic insemination and reproductive strategy in Oncholaimus oxyuris Ditlevsen (Nematoda, Oncholaimina). Zoologica Scripta, 17(1), 15-23. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1988.tb00083.x
- August 8, 2011
- 11:30 PM
- 1,140 views
Expletive Infixation and Marine Scien-****in-tists
by Kevin Zelnio in Deep Sea News
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We would be remiss at DSN if we didn’t blog about a paper that was brought to our recent attention. Warning the following material uses profanity with high frequen........ Read more »
McCarthy, J. (1982) Prosodic Structure and Expletive Infixation. Language, 58(3), 574. DOI: 10.2307/413849
- August 3, 2011
- 08:00 PM
- 1,114 views
Marine Fungi are Totally Badass
by Holly Bik in Deep Sea News
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That’s right, you heard me—there are mushrooms that live in the sea. OK, well technically a mushroom is a fruiting body of a fungus with a cap, stem and gills, but let........ Read more »
Atalla, MM, Kheiralla, ZH, Hamed, ER, Youssry, AA, & Abeer, AA. (2010) Screening of some marine-derived fungal isolates for lignin degrading enzymes (LDEs) production. Agricultural and Biology Journal of North America, 1(4), 591-599. info:/
Bhadury P, Mohammad BT, & Wright PC. (2006) The current status of natural products from marine fungi and their potential as anti-infective agents. Journal of industrial microbiology , 33(5), 325-37. PMID: 16429315
HOOLEY, P., & WHITEHEAD, M. (2006) The genetics and molecular biology of marine fungi. Mycologist, 20(4), 144-151. DOI: 10.1016/j.mycol.2006.10.002
Jansson, H., & Nordbring-Hertz, B. (1979) Attraction of Nematodes to Living Mycelium of Nematophagous Fungi. Microbiology, 112(1), 89-93. DOI: 10.1099/00221287-112-1-89
Jones, M., Forn, I., Gadelha, C., Egan, M., Bass, D., Massana, R., & Richards, T. (2011) Discovery of novel intermediate forms redefines the fungal tree of life. Nature, 474(7350), 200-203. DOI: 10.1038/nature09984
Sayre RM. (1973) Theratromyxa weberi, An Amoeba Predatory on Plant-Parasitic Nematodes. Journal of nematology, 5(4), 258-64. PMID: 19319347
- August 1, 2011
- 02:21 PM
- 1,135 views
The many personalities of snails and anemones
by Dr. M in Deep Sea News
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Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures-F. Scott Fitzgerald Quirky, sheepish, fun-loving, lethargic, energetic, aloof, courageous, sensitive You might i........ Read more »
Stafford, R., Williams, G., & Davies, M. (2011) Robustness of Self-Organised Systems to Changes in Behaviour: An Example from Real and Simulated Self-Organised Snail Aggregations. PLoS ONE, 6(7). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022743
Briffa, M., & Greenaway, J. (2011) High In Situ Repeatability of Behaviour Indicates Animal Personality in the Beadlet Anemone Actinia equina (Cnidaria). PLoS ONE, 6(7). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021963
- July 12, 2011
- 05:57 AM
- 1,861 views
Anemones Fight Back Against Their Opressors
by Dr. M in Deep Sea News
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From van der Meij and Reijnen (2011) Fig. 1 a–e The unsuccessful attempt of an edwardsiid sea anemone to feed on a Nembrotha lineolata. f A non-responsive Phyllidia ocel........ Read more »
Meij, S., & Reijnen, B. (2011) First observations of attempted nudibranch predation by sea anemones. Marine Biodiversity. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-011-0097-9
- June 29, 2011
- 10:58 PM
- 1,972 views
The Ocean Mood of Saturn
by Dr. M in Deep Sea News
From Wikimedia Commons: Dramatic plumes, both large and small, spray water ice out from many locations along the famed "tiger stripes" near the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Original source: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute Sixty two moons orbit Saturn. The sixth largest of these at just 300 miles in diameter is Enceladus named after . . . → Read More: The Ocean Mood of Saturn... Read more »
Postberg, F., Schmidt, J., Hillier, J., Kempf, S., & Srama, R. (2011) A salt-water reservoir as the source of a compositionally stratified plume on Enceladus. Nature. DOI: 10.1038/nature10175
- June 14, 2011
- 08:56 AM
- 1,246 views
The Circle of Life (and how Jellyfish screw it up)
by Holly Bik in Deep Sea News
Mufasa was right. We’re all intertwined. Whether we humans like to admit it or not, every action by a living organism on Earth has repercussions. (And yes, you can lump in viruses and prions because I’m not getting into a philosophical debate about what constitutes ‘living’). Run, Harry! You don't want to catch Irukandji . . . → Read More: The Circle of Life (and how Jellyfish screw it up)... Read more »
Condon, R., Steinberg, D., del Giorgio, P., Bouvier, T., Bronk, D., Graham, W., & Ducklow, H. (2011) Jellyfish blooms result in a major microbial respiratory sink of carbon in marine systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1015782108
Richardson, A., Bakun, A., Hays, G., & Gibbons, M. (2009) The jellyfish joyride: causes, consequences and management responses to a more gelatinous future. Trends in Ecology , 24(6), 312-322. DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2009.01.010
Parsons, T.R., & Lalli, C.M. (2002) Jellyfish population explosions: revisiting a hypothesis of possible causes. La Mer, 111-121. info:/
- June 9, 2011
- 07:30 AM
- 748 views
The Indian Ocean’s cup runeth over
by Alistair Dove in Deep Sea News
I’ve been in Brazil for the past week for some research coordination meetings. This has involved a number of different folks in several forums, but the whole process was pervaded by a patent anxiety on the part of many people I spoke to with regards to climate change. This is not new of . . . → Read More: The Indian Ocean’s cup runeth over... Read more »
A. Biastoch, C.W. Boning, & J.R.E. Lutjeharms. (2008) Agulhas Leakage dynamics affects decadal variability in Atlantic overturning circulation. Nature, 489-492. DOI: 10.1038/nature07426
A. Biastoch, C.W. Boning, F.U. Schwarzkopf, & J.R.E. Lutjeharms. (2009) Increase in Agulhas leakage due to poleward shift of Southern Hemisphere westerlies. Nature, 495-499. DOI: 10.1038/nature08519
Reindert J. Haarsma, Edmo J. D. Campos, Sybren Drijfhout, Wilco Hazeleger, & Camiel Severijns. (2009) Impacts of interruption of the Agulhas leakage on the tropical Atlantic in coupled ocean–atmosphere simulations. Climate Dynamics. DOI: 10.1007/s00382-009-0692-7
- June 9, 2011
- 07:30 AM
- 766 views
The Indian Ocean's cup runeth over
by Alistair Dove in Deep Sea News
The Agulhas leakage is an ocean current that spills warm water from the Indian Ocean into the Atlantic, where it has a profound effect on global climate.... Read more »
A. Biastoch, C.W. Boning, & J.R.E. Lutjeharms. (2008) Agulhas Leakage dynamics affects decadal variability in Atlantic overturning circulation. Nature, 489-492. DOI: 10.1038/nature07426
A. Biastoch, C.W. Boning, F.U. Schwarzkopf, & J.R.E. Lutjeharms. (2009) Increase in Agulhas leakage due to poleward shift of Southern Hemisphere westerlies. Nature, 495-499. DOI: 10.1038/nature08519
Reindert J. Haarsma, Edmo J. D. Campos, Sybren Drijfhout, Wilco Hazeleger, & Camiel Severijns. (2009) Impacts of interruption of the Agulhas leakage on the tropical Atlantic in coupled ocean–atmosphere simulations. Climate Dynamics. DOI: 10.1007/s00382-009-0692-7
- June 8, 2011
- 05:08 AM
- 1,106 views
From the Editor’s Desk: The Giant Squid Can Be A Panda For The Ocean
by Dr. M in Deep Sea News
How many of you see a panda and automatically think of conservation and the World Wildlife Fund? The well-known panda logo was designed by the famous conservationist Sir Peter Scott. one of the founding members of WWF. The idea originated from a panda named Chi Chi transferred into the London Zoo in the . . . → Read More: From the Editor’s Desk: The Giant Squid Can Be A Panda For The Ocean... Read more »
Ángel Guerraa, Ángel F. Gonzáleza, Santiago Pascuala, and Earl G. Daweb. (2011) The giant squid Architeuthis: An emblematic invertebrate that can represent concern for the conservation of marine biodiversity. Biological Conservation, 144(7), 1989-1998. info:/10.1016/j.biocon.2011.04.021
- June 1, 2011
- 11:00 AM
- 1,149 views
KRAKEN Day: Giant Squid = Awesomesauce
by Archie Teuthis in Deep Sea News
To get you ready for the awesomesauce that is KRAKEN Day(!!), it is only appropriate to open with Dr. M’s Epic giant squid post from earlier this year. Enjoy —————————————— In the following post I will enumerate the many ways in which current science repeatedly demonstrates that giant squids are awesomesauce. Awesome: (adj) . . . → Read More: KRAKEN Day: Giant Squid = Awesomesauce... Read more »
Lordan, C., Collins, M., & Perales-Raya, C. (2009) Observations on Morphology, Age and Diet of Three Architeuthis Caught Off the West Coast of Ireland in 1995. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 78(03), 903. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315400044866
K. S. BOLSTAD, & S. O’SHEA. (2004) Gut contents of a giant squid Architeuthis dux (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida) from New Zealand waters. Bolstad , 15-21. info:/
Rosa, R., Pereira, J., & Nunes, M. (2004) Biochemical composition of cephalopods with different life strategies, with special reference to a giant squid, Architeuthis sp. Marine Biology, 146(4), 739-751. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-004-1477-5
Roeleveld, M. (2000) Giant squid beaks: implications for systematics. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 80(1), 185-187. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315499001769
Aldrich, F., & Aldrich, M. (1968) On regeneration of the tentacular arm of the giant squid Architeuthis dux Steenstrup (Decapoda, Architeuthidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 46(5), 845-847. DOI: 10.1139/z68-120
Landman, N., Cochran, J., Cerrato, R., Mak, J., Roper, C., & Lu, C. (2004) Habitat and age of the giant squid ( Architeuthis sanctipauli ) inferred from isotopic analyses. Marine Biology, 144(4), 685-691. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-003-1245-y
Hoving, H., Roeleveld, M., Lipinski, M., & Melo, Y. (2004) Reproductive system of the giant squid Architeuthis in South African waters. Journal of Zoology, 264(2), 153-169. DOI: 10.1017/S0952836904005710
Deagle, B. (2005) Genetic Screening for Prey in the Gut Contents from a Giant Squid (Architeuthis sp.). Journal of Heredity, 96(4), 417-423. DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esi036
Clarke, M., & Pascoe, P. (2009) Cephalopod Species in the Diet of a Sperm Whale (Physeter Catodon) Stranded at Penzance, Cornwall. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 77(04), 1255. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315400038819
- May 28, 2011
- 08:00 AM
- 1,286 views
Who’s your daddy?
by Alistair Dove in Deep Sea News
Jenny Schmidt from U. Illinois and her co-authors have uncovered a fascinating nugget of biology of the whale shark in a recent (and Open Access – w00t!) paper in Endangered Species Research. In it, they continue the analysis of embryos collected from a heavily pregnant female first reported by Joung et al. (1996) . . . → Read More: Who’s your daddy?... Read more »
Schmidt, J., Chen, C., Sheikh, S., Meekan, M., Norman, B., & Joung, S. (2010) Paternity analysis in a litter of whale shark embryos. Endangered Species Research, 12(2), 117-124. DOI: 10.3354/esr00300
Joung, S., Chen, C., Clark, E., Uchida, S., & Huang, W. (1996) The whale shark, Rhincodon typus, is a livebearer: 300 embryos found in one ?megamamma? supreme. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 46(3), 219-223. DOI: 10.1007/BF00004997
- May 19, 2011
- 10:28 PM
- 1,114 views
On the Reasons Why We Need A New Supereon
by Dr. M in Deep Sea News
The largest unit of defined geologic time is the supereon. Only one is defined, the Precambrian spanning from the formation of the Earth to right before life goes crazy in the Cambrian explosion (4.6 billion years ago to 542 million years ago). Oddly, there is no other supereon after the Precambrian, just the . . . → Read More: On the Reasons Why We Need A New Supereon... Read more »
KOWALEWSKI, M., PAYNE, J., SMITH, F., WANG, S., MCSHEA, D., XIAO, S., NOVACK-GOTTSHALL, P., MCCLAIN, C., KRAUSE, R., BOYER, A.... (2011) THE GEOZOIC SUPEREON. PALAIOS, 26(5), 251-255. DOI: 10.2110/palo.2011.S03
- May 19, 2011
- 10:22 AM
- 1,172 views
A bunch of hot heads
by Alistair Dove in Deep Sea News
Driving through more remote parts of the Australian countryside when I was a young tacker, my Dad would often stop the old Mazda Capella so that we kids could investigate some reptilian thing warming itself on the black road surface; it was usually a fat shingleback or bombastic blue tongue, but sometimes a . . . → Read More: A bunch of hot heads... Read more »
Alexander, R. (1995) Evidence of a counter-current heat exchanger in the ray,(Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii: Batoidea: Myliobatiformes) . Journal of Zoology, 237(3), 377-384. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1995.tb02768.x
ALEXANDER, R. (1996) Evidence of brain-warming in the mobulid rays, Mobula tarapacana and Manta birostris (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii: Batoidea: Myliobatiformes). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 118(2), 151-164. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1996.tb00224.x
Dickson KA, & Graham JB. (2004) Evolution and consequences of endothermy in fishes. Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ, 77(6), 998-1018. PMID: 15674772
Runcie, R., Dewar, H., Hawn, D., Frank, L., & Dickson, K. (2009) Evidence for cranial endothermy in the opah (Lampris guttatus). Journal of Experimental Biology, 212(4), 461-470. DOI: 10.1242/jeb.022814
- May 16, 2011
- 09:31 PM
- 970 views
From The Editor’s Desk: The Secret Life of the Coelacanth
by Dr. M in Deep Sea News
Hans Fricke may not be a familiar name to you. His voice was never auto tuned into a pop hit, he did not make a list of the top ten running backs of all time, and you will not see his fashion collection in Milan. No his contributions to society are greater. Fricke . . . → Read More: From The Editor’s Desk: The Secret Life of the Coelacanth... Read more »
Fricke, H., Hissmann, K., Froese, R., Schauer, J., Plante, R., & Fricke, S. (2011) The population biology of the living coelacanth studied over 21 years. Marine Biology. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-011-1667-x
- May 14, 2011
- 10:19 AM
- 1,351 views
Predicting Microbial Communities in the Deep-sea
by Holly Bik in Deep Sea News
I recently reported on the awesomeness of high-throughput sequencing technologies, and commented on their huge potential for transforming the way biologists do business. (Seriously, people, its going to be like the renaissance of 21st century science – you heard it here first!) As a follow up to my previous post, I wanted to . . . → Read More: Predicting Microbial Communities in the Deep-sea... Read more »
Brazelton, W., Ludwig, K., Sogin, M., Andreishcheva, E., Kelley, D., Shen, C., Edwards, R., & Baross, J. (2010) Archaea and bacteria with surprising microdiversity show shifts in dominance over 1,000-year time scales in hydrothermal chimneys. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107(4), 1612-1617. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0905369107
- May 8, 2011
- 04:52 PM
- 1,122 views
Some Echinoderms Will Never Grow Up
by Dr. M in Deep Sea News
Not your typical Echinoderm. This female specimen of a Xyloplax seastar was collected along the Juan de Fuca Ridge off the coast of the state of Washington; it measures less than a quarter-inch (4 mm) and shows brooded embryos Some of us never grow up. In fact I am writing this now in . . . → Read More: Some Echinoderms Will Never Grow Up... Read more »
Janies, D., Voight, J., & Daly, M. (2011) Echinoderm Phylogeny Including Xyloplax, a Progenetic Asteroid. Systematic Biology. DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syr044
- April 26, 2011
- 07:27 PM
- 1,321 views
Metagenomics: Transforming our understanding of oceans
by Holly Bik in Deep Sea News
If you’ve ever talked to me in person for more than 5 minutes, I’ve probably mentioned the !#$%*ING AWESOMENESS of high-throughput sequencing. Frankly, I’m a bit obsessed. If my life were an SAT analogy, it would be Dr Bik:Sequencing platforms as Teenage Girls:Twilight. My gorgeous Illumina never sleeps (runs 2 weeks straight for . . . → Read More: Metagenomics: Transforming our understanding of oceans... Read more »
Gilbert, J., & Dupont, C. (2011) Microbial Metagenomics: Beyond the Genome. Annual Review of Marine Science, 3(1), 347-371. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-120709-142811
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