by CORAL Magazine | Apr 25, 2014 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine, News & Notes
Culturing the vulnerable King of the Parrotfishes By Tom Bowling Excerpt from the May/June 2014 issue of CORAL Magazine Palau is unique in many ways. Part of Micronesia in the Western Pacific Ocean, it is a biologist’s wonderland consisting of amazing mushroom-shaped...
by Stephan Tanner | Apr 21, 2014 | CORAL - Stephan M. Tanner, Marine
Estimating piscine populations without draining the tank or sacrificing the fish By Stephan M. Tanner, Ph.D. Screening water, soil, or other media for the presence of so-called “environmental DNA (eDNA)” to study microbial communities has become a well-established...
by CORAL Magazine | Apr 19, 2014 | Marine
Think corals are fussy eaters? Watch them attacking and ingesting dry pelleted food. Credit Than Thein | Tidal Gardens |...
by CORAL Magazine | Apr 19, 2014 | Marine
By Karen Brittain Courtesy Rising Tide Conservation Updates Blog Larval rearing trials began with the spawning of a Centropyge venusta pair in the summer of 2013. (Ed: This species was formerly known as Paracentropyge venusta and Centropyge venustus, no longer valid...
by James Lawrence | Apr 2, 2014 | Marine
Hand-held camera invasion of an interesting 200-gallon small-polyp stony coral reef (but watch for the Ricordea spp. profusion around minute 5). Credit: Tony Nguyen | My Reef Living |...
by Ret Talbot | Mar 31, 2014 | CORAL - Ret Talbot, Marine, News & Notes, Syndicated Marine Aquarium News
Popular aquarium fish included in a petition to list 81 marine species for Endangered Species Act protection The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is moving forward with the process that could lead to the listing of the Banggai Cardinalfish under the Endangered...