All Outputs (6)

Knowledge Encyclopedia Ocean (2020)
Book

The next in DK's Knowledge Encyclopedia series, Ocean! provides a beautifully illustrated guide to the ocean aimed at children.

Best Before: The Evolution and Future of Processed Food (2018)
Book

Long before there was the ready meal, humans processed food to preserve it and make it safe. From fire to fermentation, our ancestors survived periods of famine by changing the very nature of their food. This ability to process food has undoubtedly m... Read More about Best Before: The Evolution and Future of Processed Food.

Sorting the Beef from the Bull: The Science of Food Fraud Forensics (2016)
Book

Horsemeat in burgers was hard to swallow, but there are far more sinister culinary crimes afoot...

Chicken eggs that haven't come from chickens, melamine in infant's milk in China, nut shells in spices – these are just some examples of the food fr... Read More about Sorting the Beef from the Bull: The Science of Food Fraud Forensics.

Ghost runs: Management and status assessment of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) returning to British Columbia's central and north coasts (2008)
Journal Article

The management of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) populations, which are spatially distributed across thousands of waterways in coastal British Columbia, Canada, presents considerable challenges to resource managers. We evaluated the efficacy of s... Read More about Ghost runs: Management and status assessment of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) returning to British Columbia's central and north coasts.

Adipose fin condition and flow regime in catfish (2008)
Journal Article

Based on recent evidence suggesting a hydrodynamic function of the small adipose fin in salmonids to turbulent flow conditions, we test for associations between presence and absence of the adipose fin and flow regime in Siluriformes, one of the large... Read More about Adipose fin condition and flow regime in catfish.

Hydrodynamic and phylogenetic aspects of the adipose fin in fishes (2004)
Journal Article

The adipose fin on fishes is a highly conserved and enigmatic, small, non-rayed fin that has persisted from the Mesozoic on some basal teleosts such as salmonids. Using juvenile steelhead, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792), ranging from 5 to 18 cm... Read More about Hydrodynamic and phylogenetic aspects of the adipose fin in fishes.