The Scientist November 2019
tain microbial populations take a long time to establish after permafrost thaw,” he explains. “Methane producers, for instance, ...
20 THE SCIENTIST | the-scientist.com © ISTOCK.COM, NICOLAMARGARET T here is a debate raging in ecology about whether there are e ...
Ecologists have long known that metabolism scales allometri- cally with body size. That is, an organism’s metabolism varies with ...
...
...
24 CREDIT LINE I n CAR-T cell therapy, clinicians obtain T cell source material directly from a patient (autologous), or from a ...
A rtificial chromosomes are essentially miniature versions of real chromo- somes that can replicate alongside their natural coun ...
CREDIT LINECONOR GOULDING/MOTE MARINE LABORATORY ...
11.2019 | THE SCIENTIST 27 Red tide events strike Florida annually. Researchers are racing to understand and mitigate the potent ...
28 THE SCIENTIST | the-scientist.com A singular scene from last year’s red tide event in the Gulf of Mexico sticks in the mem- o ...
11.2019 | THE SCIENTIST 29 © ISTOCK.COM, FRANKRAMSPOTT; THE SCIENTIST STAFF Since then, researchers have tracked the annual K. b ...
Researchers suspect that the planozygote may become a resting cyst known as a hypnozygote, a life history strategy that several ...
FLICKR.COM, FWC FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE genomes in marine sediments or bottom waters as round, featureless cells, w ...
Sparking and sustaining blooms While predicting red tide blooms remains tricky, it’s clear that widespread and multifaceted fact ...
11.2019 | THE SCIENTIST 33 BOB GRANT toward the panhandle. When the storm passed, upwelling resumed, and strong currents swung t ...
CONNECTED SEAS To help conserve life in the ocean, researchers are following marine organisms’ movements. BY CATHERINE OFFORD W ...
NASA/SVS ...
36 THE SCIENTIST | the-scientist.com geographical links are taken into account, an organism’s protection in one area could easil ...
11.2019 | THE SCIENTIST 37 Carr, along with a large group of col- leagues, graduate students, and volunteers, recently carried o ...
TRACKING The most direct way of measuring marine movement is to record observations of ocean-dwelling organisms in situ. Those d ...
«
1
2
3
4
»
Free download pdf