This is the start of algae season in Washington’s lakes and rivers. While harmful algal blooms (also known as cyanobacteria) are more common in late summer and fall, shifting ...

Ascidians, which are a type of tunicate also known as a sea squirt, are part of the ocean’s seafloor ecosystems, or benthic zone. Like many benthic organisms, they are sessile, meaning once they ...

Ahoy there! Drag artists Benthic Zone and Doxxie Phisher launch their latest show and it's all hands on deck. Shiver me timbers and prepare to get wet, Nightmare! Nightmare! Kill! Kill! is back for ...

Deep in the Barents Sea off the northern coast of Norway, the Borealis Mud Volcano has been spewing methane for centuries and supporting a flourishing community of seafloor creatures. Researchers have ...

Benthic-pelagic coupling refers to the interaction between the benthic zone (the bottom of aquatic ecosystems, such as oceans, rivers, or lakes) and the pelagic zone (the open water column above the ...

Zoë L. Hutchison, Monique LaFrance Bartley, Steven Degraer, Paul English, Anwar Khan, Julia Livermore, Bob Rumes, John W. King, OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY AND BENTHIC HABITAT CHANGES, Oceanography, Vol. 33, ...

The videos helped the team identify some previously unmapped sea lion habitats in the benthic zone–or the ... “Using animal-borne video and movement data from a benthic predator is a really ...

It has been very inspiring following Chris Levine’s creative journey inspired by the Convex Seascape Project, as he immersed himself in the Project’s scientific exploration of the marine Benthic Zone.

These benthic sharks are generally slender, flatter, and medium-sized predators, unlike the fierce, fast-swimming open-water sharks that dominate popular culture. Only about 13 percent of modern ...

These benthic sharks do not loom as large in popular culture as their fierce open-water relatives. Many of the bottom dwellers are slender, flatter, more medium-sized predators.

Most living shark species are still bottom dwellers, occupying what scientists refer to as the benthic zone. These benthic sharks do not loom as large in popular culture as their fierce open-water ...