NSF Discoveries -- Biology http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/ Discoveries for Biology posted on the NSF website, http://www.nsf.gov. en Sat, 25 May 2013 11:01:34 EDT Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Seed Dispersal, Environmental Conditions Matter in African Forests http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=127949&WT.mc_id=USNSF_2 Nouabale-Ndoki National Park in Central Africa, site of the scientists' research. Ecologists discover when, how tropical trees regenerate
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This is an NSF Discoveries - Biology item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=127949&WT.mc_id=USNSF_2 Life on a Coral Reef: Insult Is (Sometimes) Added to Injury http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=127834&WT.mc_id=USNSF_2 Giant barrel sponges off Little Cayman Island in the Caribbean next to a researcher. Overfishing removes predatory fish that keep sponges from smothering corals
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This is an NSF Discoveries - Biology item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=127834&WT.mc_id=USNSF_2 Studying Molecules That Regulate the Body’s Circadian Rhythms http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=127796&WT.mc_id=USNSF_2 Researcher Carla Finkielstein examines mutations of circadian proteins. Researcher examines behavior of genes to understand breast cancer risks and other health issues
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This is an NSF Discoveries - Biology item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=127796&WT.mc_id=USNSF_2 Trail of Fire Leads to Less Snow, Threatened Water Resources http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=127739&WT.mc_id=USNSF_2 Photo of smoke from a forest fire going up in to the sky Scientists study New Mexico's Rabbit Mountain, where forests burned in the 2011 Las Conchas fire
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This is an NSF Discoveries - Biology item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=127739&WT.mc_id=USNSF_2 Earth Week: The Search for White Gold--Snowmelt http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=127580&WT.mc_id=USNSF_2 Image of melting snow and the text Photo Gallery Thin snowpack puts ecosystems and water resources in critical condition
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This is an NSF Discoveries - Biology item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=127580&WT.mc_id=USNSF_2 Blue Mussels "Hang On" Along Rocky Shores: For How Long? http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=127342&WT.mc_id=USNSF_2 Cartoon showing a threatening wave scaring blue mussels Mussels' anchors--byssal threads--weakened by ocean acidification
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This is an NSF Discoveries - Biology item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=127342&WT.mc_id=USNSF_2 Native Americans Trained to Address Environmental Problems on Their Lands http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=127232&WT.mc_id=USNSF_2 Photo of Raphael Perea delivering a presentation. NSF-funded program at Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute teaches Native Americans about geospatial data
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This is an NSF Discoveries - Biology item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=127232&WT.mc_id=USNSF_2 "Defective" Virus Leads to Epidemic of Dengue Fever http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=127103&WT.mc_id=USNSF_2 close up of a mosquito on skin Virus may have led to widespread disease in Myanmar in 2001
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This is an NSF Discoveries - Biology item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=127103&WT.mc_id=USNSF_2 El Yunque, Majestic Rocky Icon of Puerto Rico: Impervious to the Ravages of Time? http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=126969&WT.mc_id=USNSF_2 Phot of the mountain peak El Yunque Anvil-shaped promontory formed inside an ancient supervolcano
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This is an NSF Discoveries - Biology item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=126969&WT.mc_id=USNSF_2 Underwater Whodunit: What's Killing Florida's Elkhorn Coral? http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=126918&WT.mc_id=USNSF_2 Scientists Dusty Kemp and Meredith Meyers under water in the Florida Keys. Scientists solve Caribbean coral mystery: human pathogens cause marine invertebrate deaths
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This is an NSF Discoveries - Biology item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=126918&WT.mc_id=USNSF_2 Animal Attraction: The Many Forms of Monogamy in the Animal Kingdom http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=126932&WT.mc_id=USNSF_2 collage image showing penguins, swans, sea horses A Valentine's Day special on the science of monogamy
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This is an NSF Discoveries - Biology item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=126932&WT.mc_id=USNSF_2 Yellowstone Ecosystem Needs Wolves and Willows, Elk and...Beavers? http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=126853&WT.mc_id=USNSF_2 Close up image of a beaver. Scientists plot crucial links among Yellowstone plant and animal species
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This is an NSF Discoveries - Biology item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=126853&WT.mc_id=USNSF_2 Jellyfish "Blooms" Wax and Wane in Natural Cycles http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=126630&WT.mc_id=USNSF_2 Jellyfish known as "sea tomatoes" on Cable Beach in western Australia Research shows blooms follow periodic global oscillations
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This is an NSF Discoveries - Biology item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=126630&WT.mc_id=USNSF_2 High-Peak Creeks, Forest Fires and Landscape Erosion: Could They Be Linked? http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=126540&WT.mc_id=USNSF_2 Research area in Gordon Gulch, Colo., part of NSF's Boulder Creek Critical Zone Observatory. Colorado's Boulder Creek watershed: where rushing streams, raging blazes and the Rockies meet
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This is an NSF Discoveries - Biology item.]]> http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=126540&WT.mc_id=USNSF_2 Exploring the Brain's Relationship to Habits http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=126567&WT.mc_id=USNSF_2 photo of Ann Graybiel Research may impact development of treatments for movement disorders such as Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases, as well as conditions such as autism
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