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Build-a-Fish

, 2016
Concepts as such: biological adaptation; predators and prey; how an animal's mouth shape is related to what it eatsIn this interactive activity from Shedd Aquarium, design a fish that has the right adaptations, or traits, to help it survive in a reef ...
Education Department, Shedd Aquarium
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Insights from three decades of IUCN Red List assessments catalyzing shark, ray, and chimaera conservation

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species is a critical measure of global aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity status. It is also the basis for the Red List Index, which tracks extinction risk over time.
Brittany Finucci, Cassandra L. Rigby, Nicholas K. Dulvy, Rachel D. Cavanagh, Sarah Fowler, Lucy R. Harrison, Julia M. Lawson, Riley Pollom, Colin A. Simpfendorfer, Rachel H. L. Walls, Rima W. Jabado   +10 more
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Genome Sequence of the Euryhaline Javafish Medaka, Oryzias javanicus: A Small Aquarium Fish Model for Studies on Adaptation to Salinity. [PDF]

G3 (Bethesda), 2020
Takehana Y, Zahm M, Cabau C, Klopp C, Roques C, Bouchez O, Donnadieu C, Barrachina C, Journot L, Kawaguchi M, Yasumasu S, Ansai S, Naruse K, Inoue K, Shinzato C, Schartl M, Guiguen Y, Herpin A.   +17 more
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Genomics‐informed management of ex situ populations

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract The European Association of Zoos and Aquariums (EAZA) manages insurance populations for hundreds of species through its EAZA ex situ programs (EEPs). EEPs help safeguard against extinction in the wild and provide source populations for genetic rescue programs.
Cock van Oosterhout, Philippe Helsen, Elmar Fienieg, Claudia Fontsere, Linett Rasmussen, Mirte Bosse, Zjef Pereboom, Christina Hvilsom, Hernán E. Morales   +8 more
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An interdisciplinary Aquarium project for the promotion of natural and historical heritages in Italy and Greece.

, 2012
The interdisciplinary ‘Aquaria for the Promotion of Environment and History’ (A.Pr.E.H.) is an in progress project financed within the framework of the European Territorial Cooperation Programme (E.T.C.P.) “Greece-Italy” 2007-2013.
AURIEMMA, Rita, M. E. Posi, A. M. Miglietta, BELMONTE, Genuario, A. Dell'Anna, F. Denitto, C. Alfonso   +6 more
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Integrating biodiversity protection into emergency management

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Megafires have emerged as a considerable threat to biodiversity conservation worldwide. The biodiversity‐focused response and recovery actions that occurred during Australia's 2019/2020 Black Summer bushfires demonstrate that it is possible to protect biodiversity alongside human life and property during disasters.
Jacey Roche Cerda, Wendy Wright, Tracy L. Webb   +2 more
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Successful translocation of an imperiled amphibian following targeted habitat restoration efforts

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Recovery strategies have increasingly called for the use of conservation translocations to overcome barriers to natural recolonization of suitable habitat to reverse population declines. The critically imperiled Reticulated Flatwoods Salamander (Ambystoma bishopi) has experienced severe range contractions and local extirpations across most of ...
Amanda K. Martin, Kelly C. Jones, Brandon K. Rincon, George C. Brooks, Cody M. Ewers, Houston C. Chandler, Rodney K. Felix Jr., Nicholas M. Caruso, Carola A. Haas   +8 more
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Letter from Mother Fish, Partridge Island, [New York?], to her son, Edmund Fish, Bellevue Hospital, New York, August 21, 1863

A letter sent from Mother Fish to her son Edmund Fish, in Bellevue Hospital.
Fish, Mother
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Celebrating the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration program: 75 years of conservation and partnership success

, 2013
Seventy-five years of successful wildlife management is the remarkable legacy of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act, and the cause of our 75th celebration. Along with the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act, it is the foundation of the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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Similar or Different? Configurations of Authenticity Across Museum Types

Curator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Authenticity is traditionally regarded as playing a crucial role in museums, science centers, and memorials. However, despite this fact, authenticity has very different meanings in different (institutional) settings. This complicates shared communications across museum practices.
S. Schwan, S. Bahnsen, C. Eschenfelder, B. Garsoffky, P. Gerjets, M. Gorman, C. Hampp, L. Kampschulte, O. Köller, C. Kuchler, A. M. Land‐Zandstra, S. Moser, T. Moussouri, P. Pierroux, C. Sichau, I. Specht, M. Storksdieck, M. Xanthoudaki, D. Lewalter   +18 more
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