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...
by Ronald L. Shimek, PhD | Oct 24, 2013 | CORAL - Ronald L. Shimek, PhD, Marine
The common bristle worms seen in aquaria are fireworms. Categorized by scientists as worms in the Family Amphinomidae of the Annelid Class Polychaeta, fireworms are easily recognized by their possession of groups of white defensive bristles located on both sides of...
by Ronald L. Shimek, PhD | Sep 13, 2013 | CORAL - Ronald L. Shimek, PhD, Marine
Instead of Peter, Peter, Pumpkin-Eater, the phrase about Mantas entered my laughingly limited lexicon in the spring of 1991 when a few folks I knew, and a larger bunch that I didn’t, took a diving trip to Micronesia. Of course, I went along to look at the...
