"Hot spots" of species richness currently include the Bering Sea, Lancaster Sound, Baffin Bay, and Davis Strait. Will this change as sea ice melts?
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Survival of Young Sardines Flushed Out to Open Ocean
Despite favorable conditions within eddies and streamers that form ideal habitats for larval sardines, the young fish may not survive when flushed into the open ocean.
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Salish Sea a Key Source of Regional Marine Nutrients
A new examination of nitrogen in the coastal waters off the Pacific Northwest shows that the Salish Sea delivers a large fraction of nutrients to shelf waters.
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Microbial Activity in Dry Soils
Researchers investigate how microbes respire in dry conditions.
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A Noninvasive Way to Study Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems
Scientists used a noninvasive method to study the substructure of delicate groundwater-dependent ecosystems.
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NOAA Research Vessel Explores Atlantic Ocean Seamounts
NOAA’s Okeanos Explorer and two remotely operated vehicles help scientists investigate creatures, habitat, and geology on and near New England seamounts.
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A Remote Sensing Technique for Measuring Forest Composition
A new technique to remotely sense a forest’s tree composition using airborne observations.
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Understanding Coastal Carbon Cycling by Linking Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches
Synthesis and integration of information on coastal carbon cycling is needed to better constrain carbon budgets.