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Drought kills tonnes of Amazon fish
Reuters - www.reuters.com
G Cooper
27 Nov 2009
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Location: Brazil - Map It
Tonnes of dead fish are washed up on the banks of a Brazilian river after high temperatures and drought in the Amazon.
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CSU launches new study on chronic wasting disease
North Forty News - www.northfortynews.com
25 Nov 2009
SC Johnson
Livermore deer are in the sights of Tom Hobbs and his research team, who want to follow the animals' movements for five years.
The Colorado State University scientist and a strong phalanx of research assistants are armed with a $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation. Their goal is to fill in the gaps in the existing knowledge of chronic wasting disease affecting deer, elk, moose, caribou and reindeer.
. . . The primary purpose of the study is to develop a predictive model that represents how the disease spreads. Included in this will be details of the mechanism of transmission, research on how an individual's genetic makeup relates to risk of infection and efforts to determine how many susceptible individuals are infected by a single one.
Other Chronic Wasting Disease
Aussie fish to have check upScience Alert - www.sciencealert.com
01 Dec 2009
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A new study will find out how healthy Australia's freshwater fish populations are, a problem that could lead to an increase in mosquito-born diseases.
Native freshwater fish in habitats over 700,000 square kilometres from Busselton to Geraldton to Northam will be surveyed for the first time by researchers at The University of Western Australia and the Department of Fisheries.
The massive survey, which includes species listed as critically endangered and vulnerable to extinction, will determine if there is a serious large-scale decline in freshwater fish biodiversity in WA, as research suggests.
Other Fish News
“Extreme” Fungus Found - A Clue to World Frog Declines?Eco World - ecoworld.com
26 Nov 2009
M Ricciardi
. . . Results of a recent study conducted by amphibian experts (Longcore et al, reported in this month’s The Scientist), found chytrid fungi, surprisingly, “dominating” high-altitude, wet soils. Many species of the fungus were found in locations with little organic matter (something that frogs generally need). However, the BD fungus–believed to be the lead culprit in global frog declines–was not found amongst any of the sampled habitats. This absence of the frog-killing pathogen was of equal surprise to the researchers, perhaps even a disappointment, but nevertheless, the strong presence of a related fungal species offered an important clue to its widespread appearance in other extreme environs.
Other Frog News
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