Light Reading

Your weekly dose of light reading articles has arrived!

Climate profound impact on marine biodiversity
Science Daily (24 August 2015)

Crayfish create a new species of female ‘superclones’
Elizabeth Pennisi. Science (26 August 2015)

Death metal in ancient oceans
Sid Perkins. Science 25 August 2015

DNA sequencing used to identify thousands of fish eggs
Study characterizes fish spawning and creates baseline for future studies
Science Daily (26 August 2015)

Europe to discuss deep-sea trawling ban to protect biodiversity
Debora MacKenzie. New Scientist (27 August 2015)

Evidence supports trawling depth limit
Analysis reveals ecosystem damage and diminishing economic returns below 600 metres.
Mark Schrope. Nature News (27 August 2015)

How zebrafish rebuild the skeleton of amputated fins
Science Daily (24 August 2015)

Intensity of desert storms may affect ocean phytoplankton
Phytoplankton are extremely sensitive to changing levels of desert dust
Science Daily (27 August 2015)

Octopuses seen throwing things may be using shells as weapons
Sandhya Sekar. New Scientist (24 August 2015)

Sir Elton John is the inspiration behind the name of a new coral reef crustacean species
Science Daily (26 August 2015)

And as usual, some non-marine articles:

Ant knows how to self-medicate to fight off fungal infection
Penny Sarchet. New Scientist (21 August 2015)

Darwin’s fast-evolving finches use a natural insect repellent
Agata Blaszczak-Boxe. New Scientist (27 August 2015)

In brief, papers with shorter titles get more citations, study suggests
Dalmeet Singh Chawla. Science (25 August 2015)