David Stauth, Oregon State University News and Communication The study this story is based on is available online: http://bit.ly/oC488C CORVALLIS, Ore. – Zoologists at Oregon State University have discovered that a freshwater species of zooplankton will eat a fungal pathogen which is devastating amphibian populations around the world. This tiny zooplankton, called Daphnia magna, could […]
Archive for August, 2011
Possible biological control discovered for pathogen devastating amphibians
Thursday, August 25th, 2011Lasting evolutionary change takes about one million years
Monday, August 22nd, 2011Oregon State University News and Communications CORVALLIS, Ore. – In research that will help address a long-running debate and apparent contradiction between short- and long-term evolutionary change, scientists have discovered that although evolution is a constant and sometimes rapid process, the changes that hit and stick tend to take a long time. Give or take […]
Parasite loads a cause of salmon mortality, linked to land use changes
Monday, August 15th, 2011David Strauth, Oregon State University News and Communication The study this story is based on is available online: http://hdl.handle.net/1957/22084 CORVALLIS, Ore. – A recent study suggests that parasites in fish, including threatened species of Oregon coho salmon, may have more profound impacts on fish health than has been assumed, and could be one of the […]
