How is organic matter transported from productive coastal areas to the open ocean? Researchers have now shown that eddies play a crucial role in this process. The swirling currents contain large ...

Zooplankton seen under a microscope at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay ... and threatening the entire marine food chain that is built on them. A year ago, NASA launched ...

Sustainable fisheries target plentiful species, including those smaller and lower on the food chain, because they can reproduce quickly to sustain their populations. They also mandate ...

Pteropods are tiny snails that are found throughout the oceans and are an important link in the marine food web. They’re gobbled ... Sea Otters: Effects of ocean acidification will be felt up the food ...

If they die, there’ll be fewer big fish—and that could rattle the food chain. marine-plastic-ocean-fish-microplasticThe naturally oily surface slicks in which many ocean fish come of age are ...