Red snow: algae blooms are winter's final celebration
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Bright-red snow algae blooms on snow fields in late winter, and marks the end of the season. The algae can be seen in high mountain country, when snow is remaining on mountain slopes even after the grounds below are dry and beginning to turn into spring. The algae are tiny, and 2.5 million thrive in each teaspoon of snow. They prefer to grow at temperatures just above freezing, which is why they appear during thaws and snow melts in late winter. Snow algae is apparently a worldwide phenomenon, and has been identified in Japan and Greenland.
Publication Name: Wildlife Conservation
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1048-4949
Year: 1997
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Wine and wildlife
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California wines have become so popular that vineyards are rapidly replacing natural riparian, or streamside, ecosystems and the practice of growing grapes too close to the water line is costing native animals habitat needed for food, reproduction, and seasonal migrations. It is suggested that vineyards must be set wide enough fro rivers, creeks, and streams to allow wildlife access to these channels and prevent sediments from muddying the waters.
Publication Name: Wildlife Conservation
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1048-4949
Year: 2005
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Seagoing spaceships
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A study using a Volkswagen-sized remotely operated vehicle (ROV) finds that larvaceans are inch-long animals shaped like fingers that spin fragile webs of mucus called 'houses' around themselves. The web acts as a food filter to trap microscopic phytoplankton. Larvacean Web is one of the most complex external structures built by any living being. Houses produced by larvaceans plays a major role in controlling CO2 in the sea.
Publication Name: Wildlife Conservation
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1048-4949
Year: 1995
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