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International Aquafeed (Thu 1 Mar, 2012)
Aquaculture Research Center at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Science
Staff quoted: Eric Schott, Allen Place, Aaron Watson, J. Sook Chung, Russell Hill,
The Aquaculture Research Center (ARC) at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET) in Baltimore, Maryland, is one of the world's leaders in sustainable aquaculture research. A unique partnership between the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES), University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) and University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB), IMET takes a molecular approach to study reproduction, genetics, early development, nutrition, growth and disease in selected marine and estuarine high-value finfish and shellfish. This research is applied to the development of novel strategies to improve yields and sustainability of local and global marine aquaculture, fisheries, and ecosystems.
Miller-McCune (Thu 16 Feb, 2012)
Can Farmed Fish Flourish on a Veggie Diet?
Staff quoted: Aaron Watson, Allen Place
It's a fish-eat-fish world out there, which is bad news for ailing fisheries providing feedstock for aquaculture. If only some key dinner-table species were vegetarians, smaller fish would be spared.
Pacific Standard (Thu 16 Feb, 2012)
Can Farmed Fish Flourish on a Veggie Diet?
Staff quoted: Aaron Watson, Allen Place
Seafood reached a tipping point in 2009 when, for the first time, more than 50 percent of fish used for human consumption came from farms.
Earth Magazine (Sun 1 Jan, 2012)
Ocean Organisms' Light-making Machinery Explained
Staff quoted: Allen Place
Last fall, crowds gathered along the California shore near San Diego after nightfall to watch the surf. With each crashing wave, the water took on a spectacular blue-green glow, invoking "oohs" and "aahs" from the onlookers. The effect was triggered by the disturbance of massive amounts of tiny organisms called dinoflagellates. Now, scientists have found a gene that controls the physical process that generates the light show in dinoflagellates. The findings, they say, could one day have medical implications for humans.
Chemical and Engineering News (Tue 8 Feb, 2011)
Toxic Algae May Add To Estrogen Pollution
Staff quoted: Allen Place
Fertilizer runoff from farms can feed blooms of toxic cyanobacteria, which are deadly to pets and livestock. As if that weren't enough to worry about, new research suggests for the first time that the blooms also could disrupt reproduction in aquatic wildlife through estrogenic effects (Environ. Sci. Technol., DOI: 10.1021/es103538b).
The Associated Press (Wed 6 Oct, 2010)
Could Shells And Clay Clear Algae From Chesapeake?
Staff quoted: Allen Place
BALTIMORE ― Could crab shells and clay help clean oxygen-robbing algae blooms from the Chesapeake Bay? That's the idea of a group of students at the University of Maryland that will be studied with the help of an $880,000 federal grant.
The Diamondback (Wed 6 Oct, 2010)
Making the bay less green
Staff quoted: Allen Place
It started with what senior biological sciences major Natasha Savranskaya called "a little spark of an idea" back in her freshman year - for a group of students to research solutions for harmful algal blooms in the Chesapeake Bay.
United Press International (Fri 22 Jan, 2010)
Microbe's poison linked to fish kills
Staff quoted: Allen Place
BALTIMORE, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- A microbe linked to toxic algae blooms in the Chesapeake Bay emits a poison to protect itself and to stun its equally tiny prey, Maryland scientists said.
Johns Hopkins University Gazette (Tue 19 Jan, 2010)
Discovery could curb Chesapeake fish kills
Staff quoted: Allen Place
A microbe commonly found in the Chesapeake Bay and other waterways emits a poison not just to protect itself but to stun and immobilize the prey it plans to eat, a team of researchers from Johns Hopkins and three other universities has discovered. The findings about algae linked to massive fish kills could lead to new ways to slow the growth of these tiny but toxic marine creatures.
Nature News (Mon 11 Jan, 2010)
Harmful algae stun their prey: Toxic blooms may help single-celled algae to eat their competitors
Staff quoted: Allen Place, Diane Stoecker
The toxins produced by some algal blooms may have evolved to give predatory algae an advantage when it comes to capturing their prey, researchers say. Knowing how algae use toxins in nature could help scientists who are trying to predict when and where the devastating blooms, sometimes called 'red tides', are going to strike.