by Matt Pedersen | Apr 10, 2013 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine
Ocean Rider, based in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, is well known in the sygnathid community for their commercial propagation efforts with seahorses. What might not be as widely known is the research and development work being done with the related sea dragons, specifically...
by CORAL Magazine | Apr 10, 2013 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine
Here is a 250-gallon (950-L) reef aquarium owned by Greg Heifner in Colombia, Missouri. The system operates with a 150-gallon algal turf scrubber located below in the basement. Note the profusion of red mushroom anemones on the right-hand-side of the aquascape. From...
by CORAL Magazine | Apr 10, 2013 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine
Contrary to popular wisdom, coral reefs in remote areas have the potential to rebound from bleaching events and in time frames that marine biologists find astonishing. Isolated coral reefs can recover from catastrophic damage as effectively as those with nearby...
by CORAL Magazine | Apr 4, 2013 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine, News & Notes
CORAL received this letter [view original] from attorney Murray Camp in Dallas regarding the proposed listing of stony corals on the Endangered Species List. Re: Proposed Listing Determinations for 82 Reef-Building Coral Species; Docket No. 0911231415-2625-02; 77...
by CORAL Magazine | Apr 1, 2013 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine
CORAL celebrates the beauty, personalities, and diversity of the family Labridae with profiles of wrasses ranging from reef-safe flasher and fairy wrasse species to fascinating behemoths such as the Broomtail Wrasse, Cheilinus lunulatus, shown on the cover. • With a...
by CORAL Magazine | Mar 26, 2013 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine
BANGKOK Five species of oceanic sharks along with two species of manta rays will now be subject to international trade regulation under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES, a move that some shark advocates...
