Yet these tiny organisms - called plankton - may be unable to thrive in the rapidly warming oceans, according to a pair of new studies. The decline of these microscopic creatures puts huge ...

Since the 1930s, scientists have given commercial ships devices called continuous plankton recorders to tow and automatically collect plankton on long nets that roll up like scrolls. These methods ...

The Idaho State Department of Agriculture is continuing its work on the Snake River this spring. Last year proved to be ...

Only about 370 of these massive creatures remain. For decades, tracking the tiny plankton meant sending research vessels out in the ocean, towing nets and counting samples by hand. Now ...

An attempt was made to devise a tow-net which could be used on coasting ... It consists of a diving fin to which is attached the plankton collector with an internal conical silk net.

The agency will monitor and sample the lake weekly for the invasive species, including shoreline, substrate and plankton tow sampling. All boats entering the lake are required to be cleaned, drained ...

Plankton may be tiny, but they play an important role in the ocean. As the foundation of marine ecosystems, they support ocean food webs and help regulate Earth's climate by storing carbon.

Yet these tiny organisms — called plankton — may be unable to thrive in the rapidly warming oceans, according to a pair of new studies. The decline of these microscopic creatures puts huge ...