November 1 - November 15, 2007
Thu., 11/1 Ecosystem foundations: There's more to ocean life than just the popular species like dolphins, sharks, and sea turtles. Smaller unknown creatures also play an important role in the food chain.
Fri., 11/2 Tubeworms: These animals live two hundred years or more, behave more like a plant than an animal, and survive in the dark on a chemical diet.
Mon., 11/5 Oil slicks without spills: The Gulf of Mexico region has a vast supply of fossil fuel that sometimes seeps out through the mud on the sea floor.
Tue., 11/6 Gasping in the Chesapeake-1: Each summer excess nutrients make algae grow in the Chesapeake Bay. That's a problem for fish and fish larvae.
Wed., 11/7 Gasping in the Chesapeake-2: When nutrients like sewage and fertilizer end up in Chesapeake Bay, algae grow. The result is low oxygen levels for fish. But it’s a different scenario for jellyfish.
Thu., 11/8 Gray whale recovery: Migrating between summers in Alaska and Winters in Baja California, Mexico, gray whales are now thriving.
Fri., 11/9 Whipnose angler fish: In a deep sea world of perpetual darkness whatever gets you through the night is all right. Including living upside down with your own fishing pole.
Mon., 11/12 Manatee hair: Manatee hair is as important to manatee survival as smell, taste or even vision.
Tue., 11/13 Manatees and motor boats: Manatees are covered with sensitive hairs that act like sense organs that detect movement underwater, but they are still killed or injured by speeding motor boats.
Wed., 11/14 Manatees brain: A 3,000 pound manatee with a brain the size of a grapefruit may seem to be a biological mismatch. But the issue of brain size and intelligence in animals is literally a gray area.
Thurs., 11/15 Coral flypaper: A new tool for coral conservation, coral flypaper doesn't attract flies, but it does attract young corals giving them a better chance to survive.
