Unfortunately, for all their allure, freshwater mussels are the most endangered group of organisms in the United States. Water pollution has wreaked havoc on these clean-water-loving animals, and dams ...

Fresh water is an important and widespread natural resource. Microorganisms play key roles in freshwater biogeochemical processes, which are mostly studied during summer. With more than half of ...

“I took a freshwater science and policy class with Jim Olson (president ... mussels – all species invasive to the Great Lakes – that far outnumber the native organisms in the trawl. The mussels, for ...

Fresh water is an important and widespread natural resource. Microorganisms play key roles in freshwater biogeochemical processes, which are mostly studied during summer. However, with more than half ...

Can one brave freshwater crab stand up to a pride of lions? Watch as a tiny crab finds itself the center of attention among ...

Magnetotactic bacteria synthesize magnetic iron nanominerals, which function as tiny compasses that allow the microbes to navigate using Earth's geomagnetic field. Earth's iron cycle is a very ...

To test this idea, the team added a virus called MS2 and the bacteria E.coli to samples of freshwater and saltwater taken ...

Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 56, No. 6 (2011), pp. 2027-2039 (13 pages) The pelagic zone of large, deep freshwater lakes features pronounced horizontal and vertical gradients of physicochemical ...