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A Dictionary of Biology | 2004 | Â© A Dictionary of Biology 2004, originally published by Oxford University Press 2004. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

gas bladder See swim bladder.

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	Don't let the game go cold. (bass fishing in cold weather) (includes related article on venting swim bladders) Magazine article from: Outdoor Life; 11/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...work in cold weather, but much of the time the winter bass angler doesn't move his lure fast enough to make a swimming-tail swim. The most productive colors blend with the environment--back, brown, smoke, watermelon and the like. Remember, you...
	SWIM SCHOOL Magazine article from: Ask; 11/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...blur and seem to spin. Sea turtles swim by flapping their front flippers...jellyfish are jetters, too. They swim by squeezing water through their...up. In addition, some fish have swim bladders-pockets of gas inside their bodies...
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	Something fishy about pub's pet ; A goldfish which swims upside-down is a proving a big attraction at a pub aquarium. Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK); 8/8/2008; 431 words ; A goldfish which swims upside-down is a proving...problem with the fish's swim bladder could be a reason for the...call her Aussie because it swims upside down". Mr Matthews...was anything to do with a bladder problem. One customer had...
	Swim-sling has Dick the fish in fin fettle.(News) Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England); 4/26/2003; 302 words ; ...studying to be a vet discovered that he was probably suffering from swim bladder disease. So the diners made him a sling from fishing floats, drinking...the eight-inch-long fish was placed in the sling, he was able to swim normally.
	Scientists film bacteria changing, collaborating to defeat bladder cell defenses. Newspaper article from: Health & Medicine Week; 2/9/2004; 700+ words ; ...reservoirs of infection within the bladder that might be responsible for...other to collectively hijack bladder cells and use them as safe...coli forming biofilms inside bladder cells. Biofilms are networks...to break out of the IBC and swim away. "It's like peeling...
	Video details how bacteria invade and overwhelm bladder cells. Newspaper article from: Health & Medicine Week; 2/9/2004; 700+ words ; ...reservoirs of infection within the bladder that might be responsible for...other to collectively hijack bladder cells and use them as safe...coli forming biofilms inside bladder cells. Biofilms are networks...to break out of the IBC and swim away. "It's like peeling...
	Understanding Urinary Tract Infections: Scientists Film Bacteria Changing, Collaborating to Defeat Bladder Cell Defenses. News Wire article from: AScribe Health News Service; 1/19/2004; 700+ words ; ...reservoirs of infection within the bladder that might be responsible for...other to collectively hijack bladder cells and use them as safe...coli forming biofilms inside bladder cells. Biofilms are networks...to break out of the IBC and swim away. "It's like peeling...
	'FIZZICAL' RESEARCH TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT DEEP-CAUGHT BASS News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/14/2008; 700+ words ; ...fish may have enough energy to swim back down to a depth where...When a fish has room to swim but starts swimming nose down, has to fight to stay down or swims right-side up but never stays...hollow) needle into the air bladder through the fish's side or...does exist that deflating bass ...
	Scientists search stream for source of salmon virus Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/21/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...strange tumors that took hold on the "swim bladders" the fish use for balance and grew until the bladders burst. Now, biologists are struggling...salmon populations. The outbreak of swim bladder sarcoma virus, reported only twice before...

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