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Polar fish fauna set to change as earth warms up

By Elizabeth M. Lukan to Marine News on Monday, April 20th, 2009.

Practical Fishkeeping, 03/23/09: Scientists predict that global warming will lead to tropical marine fish migrating towards the poles, which might lead to significant changes in the polar fish fauna. [Read More]

‘Violent attacks’ attributed to worm named Barry

By Elizabeth M. Lukan to Marine News on Monday, April 20th, 2009.

Practical Fishkeeping, 03/23/09: Staff at the Blue Reef Aquarium in Newquay had been experiencing a series of violent attacks on the corals in one of their display tanks for the last few months. [Read More]

Old photographs show decline in predatory fish stocks

By Elizabeth M. Lukan to Marine News on Monday, April 20th, 2009.

Practical Fishkeeping, 03/23/09: Old photographs are giving stark evidence of the drastic decline of large predatory fish being caught from the reefs off the Florida Keys, according to research to be published in the journal Conservation Biology. [Read More]

Goo helps maintain eel buoyancy

By Elizabeth M. Lukan to Marine News on Monday, April 20th, 2009.

Practical Fishkeeping, 03/23/09: A ‘gelatinous goo’ found in Japanese eel larvae may aid their survival by enabling them to keep afloat near the surface where food is most abundant. [Read More]

Seven new bamboo corals discovered

By Elizabeth M. Lukan to Marine News on Monday, April 20th, 2009.

Practical Fishkeeping, 03/20/09: Scientists have discovered seven new species of bamboo coral in the deep waters off Hawaii. [Read More]