Mississippi Business Journal » biology http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 SPEC releasing thousands of seatrout fingerlings in bay http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/15/spec-releasing-thousands-of-seatrout-fingerlings-in-bay/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spec-releasing-thousands-of-seatrout-fingerlings-in-bay http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/15/spec-releasing-thousands-of-seatrout-fingerlings-in-bay/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:18:31 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=61264 SAINT LOUIS BAY — The Seatrout Population Enhancement Cooperative (SPEC), a partnership of the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL), Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) and Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) of Mississippi since 2005, is releasing thousands of spotted seatrout fingerlings into the waters of Saint Louis Bay this week. Yesterday’s [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/15/spec-releasing-thousands-of-seatrout-fingerlings-in-bay/feed/ 0 Researchers to conduct five-year shellfish study on Coast http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/10/researchers-to-conduct-five-year-shellfish-study-on-coast/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=researchers-to-conduct-five-year-shellfish-study-on-coast http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/10/researchers-to-conduct-five-year-shellfish-study-on-coast/#comments Fri, 10 Aug 2012 15:08:04 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=60973 MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — University of New Orleans researchers are getting federal money to study shrimp and crab populations over the 120 miles of coast between Lake Borgne in Louisiana to Mobile Bay in Alabama. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced funding the $1.2 million five-year study of blue crabs, brown shrimp and white [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/10/researchers-to-conduct-five-year-shellfish-study-on-coast/feed/ 0 MSU biologist’s work with crocodilians goes international http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/03/msu-biologists-work-with-crocodilians-goes-international/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=msu-biologists-work-with-crocodilians-goes-international http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/03/msu-biologists-work-with-crocodilians-goes-international/#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2012 20:21:39 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=60602 STARKVILLE — A Mississippi State University biologist’s fascination with crocodiles has brought together researchers from the United States and Australia to study the genetic building blocks of a reptile order. In the process, they hope to discover ways to conserve endangered animals, harness the antibiotic properties of alligator blood and isolate the genes that determine [...]

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