Sentences with phrase «lamprey found»
The jawless, blood - sucking sea lamprey found its way into the Great Lakes in the early 20th century through man - made canals, and has been disturbing the peace ever since.
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Scientists with the USGS and Michigan State University, funded by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, found that slower sea lamprey growth rates during the larval phase of development may increase the odds of sea lampreys becoming male.
The scientists say their finding could be used to drive lampreys into an area where they could be captured and killed.
«Adult lamprey have gut neurons, but we were unable to find the vagal precursor cells,» says Bronner.
October 26, 2006 Scientists find lamprey a «living fossil» Scientists from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, and the University of Chicago have uncovered a remarkably well - preserved fossil lamprey from the Devonian period that reveals today's lampreys as «living fossils» since they have remained largely unaltered for 360 million years.
Recent surveys have found bass, flounder, salmon and Dover sole, as well as the lamprey eel in the river's still murky waters.