by CORAL Magazine | Mar 13, 2013 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine
A new study by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego scientists has revealed that fluorescence, the dazzling but poorly understood glow produced by many corals, can be an effective tool for gauging their health. The researchers suggest that measuring the...
by CORAL Magazine | Mar 13, 2013 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine
Moray Eels. Part 7 of the DVD, “Reef Life of the Andaman,” available at http://www.bubblevision.com/marine-li… or view the whole 2-hour video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ncUVd… This video features 11 species of moray eel from the Mergui...
by CORAL Magazine | Mar 7, 2013 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine
CLOWNFISH SUPPLEMENT ANEMONE OXYGEN BY FANNING AT NIGHT The symbiotic relationship between anemonefishes and their host sea anemones has long been studied, but now researchers have found an apparent new benefit to the invertebrate partner. Fending off peckish anemone...
by CORAL Magazine | Feb 18, 2013 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine
Editor’s Note: For many of us, Dr. Gerald R. Allen, known throughout the aquatics world as Gerry, is one of the living heroes of reef fish science. A protégé of the legendary Dr. John Randall, Gerry has personally found and described a tremendous array of new...
by CORAL Magazine | Jan 25, 2013 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine
2013 Promises to be a potentially decisive year in the history of Hawaii’s marine ornamental fisheries By Ret Talbot A landslide of 13 legislative measures that could significantly impact the aquarium fishery in Hawaiian waters was introduced in the state...
by CORAL Magazine | Jan 25, 2013 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine
This proposed species White List of all species approved for aquarium collecting, was approved by the West Hawaii Fishery Council in September 2010. Any species not on the list would not be legal to collect. (This regulation is not yet in effect, and is not...
