by CORAL Magazine | Nov 20, 2013 | Marine
ORA has shared this amazing time-lapse video documenting the third spawn of their Amphiprion leucokranos, the Whitebonnet Clownfish. This is a rare “species” of clownfish that is actually thought to be a rarely occurring natural hybrid, possibly the result...
by James Lawrence | Nov 19, 2013 | Marine
Checking back in on Nathan’s Mixed Reef Aquarium – 2013 Update Very impressive 210-gallon (795-liter) reef aquarium created by Nathan Gist, with narration by Than Thein of Tidal Gardens in Copley, Ohio. The same tank, one year earlier below. Says Than:...
by James Lawrence | Nov 18, 2013 | Marine
Although best-known as the home of the world’s largest living lizard, Komodo National Park in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia is also a noteworthy dive destination that attracts biodiversity researchers doing marine species surveys in the Coral Triangle....
by Anne Linton | Nov 10, 2013 | CORAL Tables of Contents, Marine
SPAWNING STONY CORALS VOLUME 10, NUMBER 6 4 Letter from Europe by Daniel Knop 7 Editor’s Page by James M. Lawrence 10 Reef News 24 Rarities by Dr. Dieter Brockmann FEATURE ARTICLES 32 Catching the Spawn: New SECORE initiative for restoring Pacific...
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 James Lawrence | Nov 7, 2013 | Marine
The old proverb about a leopard not being able to change its spots now has a new biological footnote after researchers in Australian recently found that fish exposed to predatory danger can, indeed, transform their spots to make them less vulnerable to attack. Working...