But, for a long time scientists missed a step in the ocean’s food web. Scientists didn’t include the organisms that graze on phytoplankton, said Rebecca Smoak, an Oregon State University ...

causing disruptions to the ocean food web. This is the main conclusion of a study conducted by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA ...

Last week, that ocean notched its highest temperature since ... This galaxy of organisms makes up the base of the oceanic food web. Phytoplankton are microscopic floating plants that feed on ...

They just float around in the ocean. SOMMER: And when they die ... They're the base of the food chain. So where they are, you'll also find... WOODHOUSE: Tuna, billfish, krill and squid.

New research has revealed that there are 41 times more sharks found here than out in the open ocean, a trend that ... biomass in the lower rungs of the food web, getting slightly smaller with ...

"Regardless of the source, this is evidence that DDT compounds are making their way into the deep ocean food web," said Margaret Stack, an environmental chemist at SDSU and the study's lead author.

Yet seafood sustainability is the surprisingly rare exception in which a really complex problem has a uniquely simple option ... do to help change our ocean’s food systems: Diversify the ...

Researchers are uncovering just how large the impact of man-made noise is on ocean life. But there are some surprisingly simple ways we ... and travel to look for food and find safe environments.

“Regardless of the source, this is evidence that DDT compounds are making their way into the deep ocean food web,” said Margaret Stack, an environmental chemist at SDSU and the study’s lead ...