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- September 21, 2011
- 10:08 PM
- 913 views
In sexual selection and thermoregulation, bigger is better, at least for fiddler crabs
by Southern Fried Scientist in Southern Fried Science
Sexual dimorphism in fiddler crabs. Female (A) and male (B) Uca panacea. Scale bars indicate 1 cm. From Darnell and Munguia 2011 Imagine yourself a fiddler crab. For this exercise, imagine yourself a male fiddler crab. Are you with me? Great. Check out your right claw, it’s a sleek, slender machine, perfect for picking [...]... Read more »
Darnell MZ, & Munguia P. (2011) Thermoregulation as an alternate function of the sexually dimorphic fiddler crab claw. The American naturalist, 178(3), 419-28. PMID: 21828997
- September 13, 2011
- 11:30 AM
- 1,337 views
The importance of failure in graduate student training
by Southern Fried Scientist in Southern Fried Science
Running the winch at dusk The A-frame shuddered as the box core, heavy with mud and reeking of sulfur, emerged from the water. We knew that it had found its mark 2300 meters below. Soft sediment from the seafloor oozed out the sides as I slid the safety pins into the spade arm. [...]... Read more »
Thaler, A., Van Dover, C., & Vilgalys, R. (2011) Ascomycete phylotypes recovered from a Gulf of Mexico methane seep are identical to an uncultured deep-sea fungal clade from the Pacific. Fungal Ecology. DOI: 10.1016/j.funeco.2011.07.002
- September 2, 2011
- 11:42 AM
- 1,081 views
Happy Hour Science – Domesticating Microbes for Beer
by Bluegrass Blue Crab in Southern Fried Science
Little yummy beer yeasts, thanks www.diArk.org As our ancestors transitioned from hunter-gatherer to agricultural society, they had to domesticate the plants and animals we know today as farm life. Corn kernels became larger and more full of starch, cows became more docile, and all farm organisms became accustomed to life in rows or [...]... Read more »
Libkind, D., Hittinger, C., Valerio, E., Goncalves, C., Dover, J., Johnston, M., Goncalves, P., & Sampaio, J. (2011) From the Cover: Microbe domestication and the identification of the wild genetic stock of lager-brewing yeast. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(35), 14539-14544. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1105430108
- August 30, 2011
- 02:05 PM
- 1,154 views
Climbing Mount Chernobyl
by Southern Fried Scientist in Southern Fried Science
Chernobyl Reactor 4, after the explosion In the last century, humans have made dramatic changes to both local and global ecosystems. Some of these changed have been subtle and remained unnoticed until very recently, while others have be so visible and so destructive that their names are indelibly etched into our collective consciousness. [...]... Read more »
Balonov MI. (2007) The Chernobyl Forum: major findings and recommendations. Journal of environmental radioactivity, 96(1-3), 6-12. PMID: 17493715
Baker, Robert J., & Ronald K. Chesse. (2000) THE CHORNOBYL NUCLEAR DISASTER AND SUBSEQUENT CREATION OF A WILDLIFE PRESERVE. Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 1231-1232. info:/
Moller AP, & Mousseau TA. (2007) Species richness and abundance of forest birds in relation to radiation at Chernobyl. Biology letters, 3(5), 483-6. PMID: 17698449
Møller, A., Mousseau, T., de Lope, F., & Saino, N. (2008) Anecdotes and empirical research in Chernobyl. Biology Letters, 4(1), 65-66. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0528
HAVLICK, D. (2011) DISARMING NATURE: CONVERTING MILITARY LANDS TO WILDLIFE REFUGES*. Geographical Review, 101(2), 183-200. DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2011.00086.x
Richards, Z., Beger, M., Pinca, S., & Wallace, C. (2008) Bikini Atoll coral biodiversity resilience five decades after nuclear testing. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 56(3), 503-515. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2007.11.018
- July 6, 2011
- 10:53 PM
- 1,556 views
Rumors from the Abyss: visions of a future without deep sea conservation
by Southern Fried Scientist in Southern Fried Science
Bathymetric map, click for GEBCO high resolution image The deep benthos is simultaneously the largest and least explored ecosystem on the planet. Covering nearly 60% of the Earth’s surface, it supports an almost unimaginable reservoir of biodiversity, rivaling all terrestrial habitats combined. Its microbial and metabolic diversity have revolutionized our view of [...]... Read more »
George A. Wolff, David S. M. Billett, Brian J. Bett, Jens Holtvoeth, Tania Fitz, George-Balfour, Elizabeth H. Fisher, Ian Cross, Roger Shannon, Ian Salter.... (2011) The Effects of Natural Iron Fertilisation on Deep-Sea Ecology: The Crozet Plateau, Southern Indian Ocean. PLoS One. info:/
- May 23, 2011
- 06:23 PM
- 1,522 views
The Global Extinction Crisis – species area relationships, habitat loss, and population dynamics
by Southern Fried Scientist in Southern Fried Science
We are in the midst of a global extinction crisis. Biodiversity is in decline as species after species disappear. Some estimates predict that up to 50% of species will be committed to extinction by 2050. Other estimates claim the current rate of extinction may be 10,000 times the background rate. Many ecologists and conservationists have declared the [...]... Read more »
He F, & Hubbell SP. (2011) Species-area relationships always overestimate extinction rates from habitat loss. Nature, 473(7347), 368-71. PMID: 21593870
Neigel, J. (2003) SPECIES–AREA RELATIONSHIPS AND MARINE CONSERVATION. Ecological Applications, 13(sp1), 138-145. DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2003)013[0138:SARAMC]2.0.CO;2
- May 13, 2011
- 11:13 AM
- 1,687 views
The moldy kingdom get a new neighbor
by Southern Fried Scientist in Southern Fried Science
A diagrammatic tree depicting the organisation of most eukaryotes into six major groups. The relationships amongst most of the major groups and the position of the ‘root’ of the tree are shown as unresolved (note however, the grouping of Opisthokonta and Amoebozoa). The arrow shows a possible precise placement of the root, [...]... Read more »
Simpson A, & Roger A. (2004) The real ‘kingdoms’ of eukaryotes. Current Biology, 14(17), 693-696. info:/
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. DOI: 10.1038/nature09984
- May 9, 2011
- 01:51 PM
- 1,602 views
The Outer Banks Ablaze
by Southern Fried Scientist and Bluegrass Blue Crab in Southern Fried Science
Early hours of the wildfire in Dare Country. Image NCFWS In Beaufort, the first sign that something was amiss occurred on Sunday night. The air became thick with haze and smelled like of burning mulch. At first we thought it was just an overzealous barbecue somewhere down the road, but as we drove over the Morehead [...]... Read more »
Wade, Dale D., & Ward, Darold E. (1973) An Analysis of the Air Force Bomb Range Fire. USDA Forest Service Research Paper, 1-38. info:/
- May 3, 2011
- 01:00 PM
- 1,608 views
Why Listen to the Local Guy?
by Bluegrass Blue Crab in Southern Fried Science
policymaking during comanagement in Mongolia, rcinet.ca Two of Ostrom’s (1990) institutional design principles emphasize the role of the local –rules must be adapted to local conditions and resource users must participate in the rulemaking process. These principles were determined empirically through cross-site analysis, but a large body of research from science studies [...]... Read more »
Jentoft, S. (1998) Social theory and fisheries co-management. Marine Policy, 22(4-5), 423-436. DOI: 10.1016/S0308-597X(97)00040-7
SILVER, J., & CAMPBELL, L. (2005) Fisher participation in research: Dilemmas with the use of fisher knowledge. Ocean , 48(9-10), 721-741. DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2005.06.003
Furlong, K., & Bakker, K. (2010) The contradictions in ‘alternative’ service delivery: governance, business models, and sustainability in municipal water supply. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 28(2), 349-368. DOI: 10.1068/c09122
Jentoft, S. (2007) Limits of governability: Institutional implications for fisheries and coastal governance☆. Marine Policy, 31(4), 360-370. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2006.11.003
- April 28, 2011
- 05:00 PM
- 1,704 views
Book Review: Saving the Oceans 101
by WhySharksMatter in Southern Fried Science
Ted Danson (yes, that Ted Danson) isn’t your typical ocean activist. Though he is best known as the bartender on Cheers, he has been actively involved in marine conservation issues for more than 25 years. While living in California to work on Cheers, he took a walk on the beach with his daughters. [...]... Read more »
Pauly, D. (1998) Fishing Down Marine Food Webs. Science, 279(5352), 860-863. DOI: 10.1126/science.279.5352.860
Pauly, D., Watson, R., & Alder, J. (2005) Global trends in world fisheries: impacts on marine ecosystems and food security. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 360(1453), 5-12. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1574
Mullon, C., Freon, P., & Cury, P. (2005) The dynamics of collapse in world fisheries. Fish and Fisheries, 6(2), 111-120. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2005.00181.x
Murawski, S., Methot, R., Tromble;, G., Hilborn;, R., Briggs;, J., Worm, B., Barbier, E., Beaumont, N., Duffy, J., Folke, C.... (2007) Biodiversity Loss in the Ocean: How Bad Is It?. Science, 316(5829), 1281-1284. DOI: 10.1126/science.316.5829.1281b
Myers, R., & Worm, B. (2003) Rapid worldwide depletion of predatory fish communities. Nature, 423(6937), 280-283. DOI: 10.1038/nature01610
Watson, R., & Pauly, D. (2001) Systematic distortions in world fisheries catch trends. Nature, 414(6863), 534-536. DOI: 10.1038/35107050
Worm, B., Barbier, E., Beaumont, N., Duffy, J., Folke, C., Halpern, B., Jackson, J., Lotze, H., Micheli, F., Palumbi, S.... (2006) Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services. Science, 314(5800), 787-790. DOI: 10.1126/science.1132294
- April 19, 2011
- 01:00 PM
- 1,650 views
Resource Dependent Communities in a Globalizing World
by Bluegrass Blue Crab in Southern Fried Science
perhaps the most notorious New York City bankers, Bernie Madeoff, thewrap.com All people are still dependent on natural resources, but centuries of development complete with urbanization and globalization have removed a large proportion of the world’s population from the production of those natural resources both physically and psychologically. Take, for example, a [...]... Read more »
Mansfield, B. (2010) Is Fish Health Food or Poison? Farmed Fish and the Material Production of Un/Healthy Nature. Antipode. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2010.00743.x
Peluso, N., Humphrey, C., & Fortmann, L. (1994) The rock, the beach, and the tidal pool: People and poverty in natural resource-dependent areas. Society , 7(1), 23-38. DOI: 10.1080/08941929409380842
Carter, N., Baland, J., & Platteau, J. (1996) Halting Degradation of Natural Resources: Is There a Role for Rural Communities?. International Affairs (Royal Institute of International Affairs 1944-), 72(4), 821. DOI: 10.2307/2624181
McCarthy, J. (2002) First World political ecology: lessons from the Wise Use movement. Environment and Planning A, 34(7), 1281-1302. DOI: 10.1068/a3526
- April 14, 2011
- 02:28 PM
- 1,762 views
A rig by any other name, could it be an artificial reef?
by Southern Fried Scientist in Southern Fried Science
There are currently more than 7,500 offshore oil platforms actively probing the earth’s crust for black gold. Their relatively minimal appearance at the surface belies the shear magnitude of human construction beneath the waves. Oil platforms are among the world’s tallest man-made structures. Compliant tower platforms reach up to 900 meters in depth (in contrast, [...]... Read more »
Macreadie, P., Fowler, A., & Booth, D. (2011) Rigs-to-reefs: will the deep sea benefit from artificial habitat?. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2147483647. DOI: 10.1890/100112
Mason B. (2003) Doubts swirl around plan to use rigs as reefs. Nature, 425(6961), 891. PMID: 14586435
- April 12, 2011
- 01:00 PM
- 1,689 views
Assumptions on Human Behavior
by Bluegrass Blue Crab in Southern Fried Science
Sustainability is as much about personal decisions as it is about broad social movements or top-down government rules. Those personal decisions are rooted deeply in how we behave as human beings, and that is something that science is far from understanding. Adam Smith once said “we are not ready to suspect any person [...]... Read more »
Ostrom, E. (1999) COPING WITH TRAGEDIES OF THE COMMONS. Annual Review of Political Science, 2(1), 493-535. DOI: 10.1146/annurev.polisci.2.1.493
Agrawal, A. (2003) SUSTAINABLE GOVERNANCE OF COMMON-POOL RESOURCES: Context, Methods, and Politics. Annual Review of Anthropology, 32(1), 243-262. DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.32.061002.093112
ROBBINS, P. (2006) The politics of barstool biology: Environmental knowledge and power in greater Northern Yellowstone. Geoforum, 37(2), 185-199. DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2004.11.011
Johnson, C. (2004) Uncommon Ground: The 'Poverty of History' in Common Property Discourse. Development and Change, 35(3), 407-434. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2004.00359.x
- April 11, 2011
- 01:19 PM
- 1,562 views
Spanning the Bordeaux Belt – what does local mean in a global economy
by Southern Fried Scientist in Southern Fried Science
A small news article from Science has been taped above my desk for the last few years. I don’t remember who originally gave it to me, or why I even hung it up, but there it is, nestled between a couple XKCD cartoons. The article is titled “The Wine Divide” and it raises many [...]... Read more »
Tyler, Colman, & Päster, Pablo. (2009) Red, White, and 'Green': The Cost of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Global Wine Trad. Journal of Wine Researc, 20(1), 15-26. info:/
- April 8, 2011
- 12:00 PM
- 1,528 views
Is it time for a sustainable pet movement?
by Southern Fried Scientist in Southern Fried Science
The world is rapidly approaching 7 billion people and the challenges of food supply, security, and sustainability will, along with climate change, be the defining issues of the 21st century. While the issues of the wealthiest nations revolve around the quality of our food, the environmental impact or our farming practices, and the value we place [...]... Read more »
Trotz-Williams LA, & Trees AJ. (2003) Systematic review of the distribution of the major vector-borne parasitic infections in dogs and cats in Europe. The Veterinary record, 152(4), 97-105. PMID: 12572938
Sleeman JM, Keane JM, Johnson JS, Brown RJ, & Woude SV. (2001) Feline leukemia virus in a captive bobcat. Journal of wildlife diseases, 37(1), 194-200. PMID: 11272497
Roelke ME, Forrester DJ, Jacobson ER, Kollias GV, Scott FW, Barr MC, Evermann JF, & Pirtle EC. (1993) Seroprevalence of infectious disease agents in free-ranging Florida panthers (Felis concolor coryi). Journal of wildlife diseases, 29(1), 36-49. PMID: 8445789
- April 5, 2011
- 11:00 AM
- 1,543 views
Book Review: A year at Lazy Point
by Southern Fried Scientist in Southern Fried Science
I adored Song for the Blue Ocean. The first time I read it was a formative moment in my development as a young marine biologist and conservationist. When I picked up Eye of the Albatross and, later, Voyage of the Turtle, I expected that same magic, but could not find it. Safina’s subsequent books [...]... Read more »
Saraux C, Le Bohec C, Durant JM, Viblanc VA, Gauthier-Clerc M, Beaune D, Park YH, Yoccoz NG, Stenseth NC, & Le Maho Y. (2011) Reliability of flipper-banded penguins as indicators of climate change. Nature, 469(7329), 203-6. PMID: 21228875
- March 15, 2011
- 01:00 PM
- 1,609 views
State of the Field: First World or Third World?
by Bluegrass Blue Crab in Southern Fried Science
Ever stop to think what divides the first from the third world? Why don’t we ever hear about the second and why don’t countries move between categories as they develop? Well, because the categories are historical – the second world is reserved for post-soviet countries attempting to rebuild governance. The first world is [...]... Read more »
McCarthy, J. (2006) Neoliberalism and the Politics of Alternatives: Community Forestry in British Columbia and the United States. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 96(1), 84-104. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.2006.00500.x
Walker, P. (2003) Reconsidering 'regional' political ecologies: toward a political ecology of the rural American West. Progress in Human Geography, 27(1), 7-24. DOI: 10.1191/0309132503ph410oa
Escobar, A. (2004) Beyond the Third World: imperial globality, global coloniality and anti-globalisation social movements. Third World Quarterly, 25(1), 207-230. DOI: 10.1080/0143659042000185417
Bryant, R., & Goodman, M. (2004) Consuming narratives: the political ecology of 'alternative' consumption. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 29(3), 344-366. DOI: 10.1111/j.0020-2754.2004.00333.x
- March 10, 2011
- 07:00 AM
- 1,735 views
Building Policies for Stewardship
by Bluegrass Blue Crab in Southern Fried Science
A dream? tomschlueter.blogspot.com We as humans and especially here at SFS like to picture an ideal government and hope that as we learn more about science and political theory, government can take steps in that direction. By any measure, governance within the United States is far from meeting the theoretical ideal. Implementation and [...]... Read more »
MEDINA, M., CORREA, J., & BARATA, C. (2007) Micro-evolution due to pollution: Possible consequences for ecosystem responses to toxic stress. Chemosphere, 67(11), 2105-2114. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.12.024
Bakker, K. (2005) Neoliberalizing Nature? Market Environmentalism in Water Supply in England and Wales. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 95(3), 542-565. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.2005.00474.x
- February 28, 2011
- 07:00 AM
- 1,511 views
Political Ecology at Home – Lessons from Abroad?
by Bluegrass Blue Crab in Southern Fried Science
Political ecology within the First World came from a gradual realization that the definition of the field did not only apply to exotic cultures abroad, but had resonance domestically. As first defined by Blaikie and Brookfield (1987), political ecology combines “the concerns of ecology and a broadly defined political economy. Together this encompasses the [...]... Read more »
Fortmann, L. (1996) Bonanza! The unasked questions: Domestic land tenure through international lenses. Society , 9(5), 537-547. DOI: 10.1080/08941929609380992
McCarthy, J. (2006) Neoliberalism and the Politics of Alternatives: Community Forestry in British Columbia and the United States. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 96(1), 84-104. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.2006.00500.x
McCarthy, J. (2006) Rural geography: alternative rural economies -the search for alterity in forests, fisheries, food, and fair trade. Progress in Human Geography, 30(6), 803-811. DOI: 10.1177/0309132506071530
Walker, P. (2003) Reconsidering 'regional' political ecologies: toward a political ecology of the rural American West. Progress in Human Geography, 27(1), 7-24. DOI: 10.1191/0309132503ph410oa
- February 15, 2011
- 03:08 PM
- 2,057 views
State of the Field: Satellite tagging sharks
by WhySharksMatter in Southern Fried Science
Modern shark researchers have access to a variety of high-tech tools. Acoustic tags with noises specific to each individual shark signal a receiver (or network of receivers) every time the shark passes nearby. Some tags have three-dimensional accelerometers, allowing researchers to study the small scale movement patterns and behaviors of sharks. Others, which [...]... Read more »
Bonfil, R. (2005) Transoceanic Migration, Spatial Dynamics, and Population Linkages of White Sharks. Science, 310(5745), 100-103. DOI: 10.1126/science.1114898
Hammerschlag, N., Gallagher, A., & Lazarre, D. (2011) A review of shark satellite tagging studies. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 398(1-2), 1-8. DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.12.012
Papastamatiou, Y., Meyer, C., & Holland, K. (2008) A new acoustic pH transmitter for studying the feeding habits of free-ranging sharks. Aquatic Living Resources, 20(4), 287-290. DOI: 10.1051/alr:2008003
Skomal, G., Zeeman, S., Chisholm, J., Summers, E., Walsh, H., McMahon, K., & Thorrold, S. (2009) Transequatorial Migrations by Basking Sharks in the Western Atlantic Ocean. Current Biology, 19(12), 1019-1022. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.04.019
Whitney, N., Pratt, H., Pratt, T., & Carrier, J. (2010) Identifying shark mating behaviour using three-dimensional acceleration loggers. Endangered Species Research, 71-82. DOI: 10.3354/esr00247
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