by Ronald L. Shimek, PhD | Mar 31, 2014 | CORAL - Ronald L. Shimek, PhD, Marine
Here comes the blob… I have prided myself in that the animals in my underwater photographs are not posed or altered in any manner. As a result, the resultant image is a “slice of life”, a kind of historical record of what was photographed, a record of a tiny moment...
by Ronald L. Shimek, PhD | Mar 21, 2014 | CORAL - Ronald L. Shimek, PhD, Marine
As I write this, it is the vernal equinox, the so-called, “first day of spring,” or around here, in South-Central Montana, right now in 2014, it would be better termed one of the later days of winter. In the areas of the Salish Sea or Puget Sound, the seasonal dance...
by Ronald L. Shimek, PhD | Mar 8, 2014 | CORAL - Ronald L. Shimek, PhD, Marine
Readers of this blog may justifiably exclaim, “OMG!!! – Shimek is posting about a coral reef animal!!! Yikes and Gadzooks, the world may end!!!” Well, not only am I writing about a coral reef animal, but it is also about a common, well-known, and amongst some...
by Ronald L. Shimek, PhD | Feb 22, 2014 | CORAL - Ronald L. Shimek, PhD, Marine
Of urchins and amphipods and of beauty and bugs Text & Images by Ronald L. Shimek, Ph.D. People who have read more than one of my musings generally are aware I like to discuss things that aren’t what they seem to be. And particularly, I like to discuss things that...
by Ronald L. Shimek, PhD | Nov 9, 2013 | CORAL - Ronald L. Shimek, PhD, Marine
Is This The Beginning Of The Collapse Of Another Echinoderm-Structured Biome? The time line: 1962-1963. Washington State. After a young professor at the University of Washington spent some time casting around for a research project he would find interesting, he became...
