RANGE: Worldwide, there are an estimated 1,000 species of freshwater mussels, about one-third of which ... FEEDING: Mussels feed by filtering algae, bacteria, phytoplankton and other small particles ...

Freshwater ecosystems cover less than 1% of Earth's surface, but are vital for life on this planet. New research reveals that ...

Nearly a quarter of the world's freshwater species are at risk of extinction due to a multitude of threats, according to new ...

The monster iceberg A68 was dumping more than 1.5 billion tonnes of fresh water into the ocean every ... strong signal in the changing flora of the phytoplankton species around A68, and also ...

The spectacle, often caused by a bloom of bioluminescent phytoplankton ... animals but can also occur in some terrestrial and freshwater species. It’s important to note, however, that ...

A lack of understanding can no longer be used as an excuse for inaction. As the authors of the new study point out, ...

Eutrophication is a leading cause of impairment of many freshwater and coastal marine ... small-bodied zooplankton tend to dominate plankton communities, and past observational studies have ...

The team studied 180 individual plankton ... suggests that some species of zooplankton — a critical food source for ...