by Anne Linton | May 8, 2013 | CORAL Tables of Contents, Marine
WRASSES Volume 10, Number 3 6 Letter From Europe by Daniel Knop 9 Editor’s Page by James M. Lawrence 10 Letters 12 Reef News 24 Rarities by Inken Krause FEATURE ARTICLES 30 Wrasse Class by Scott W. Michael 38 Wrasses: Suitable Species for the...
by CORAL Magazine | Apr 25, 2013 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine
Helping Coral Ecosystems Survive a Changing Climate By Dr. Tim McClanahan, Post by the Wildlife Conservation Society on National Geographic As we mark Earth Day this year with a recognition of “the face of climate change,” it is clear that the greatest threat to coral...
by CORAL Magazine | Apr 25, 2013 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine
Scientists find advantages of bigger marine protected areas Images by Tim R. McClanahan, Wildlife Conservation Society In a landmark survey of the Chagos Archipelago, due south of the Maldives in the central Indian Ocean, marine scientists found robust coral cover,...
by CORAL Magazine | Apr 25, 2013 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine
Fascinating video of so-called Horse Conch, Triplofusus giganteus, besieged by hermit crabs. Not a true conch, this large snail is a carnivore and will consume other snails and cannibalize members of its own species. It is the largest gastropod in the tropical Western...
by Ronald L. Shimek, PhD | Apr 19, 2013 | CORAL - Ronald L. Shimek, PhD, Marine
The First Of A Series Of Related Blogs – This One Sets The Stage. A New World I was doomed from the get-go. My really formative years were during the post-Sputnik era, when I discovered speculative or science-fiction literature. As a result, I would have given...
by Ronald L. Shimek, PhD | Apr 19, 2013 | CORAL - Ronald L. Shimek, PhD, Marine
While doing some mindless work the other day, and wanting to escape the drudgery, I put my mind in some other place and started to wonder for the umpteenth time about some of the things I didn’t learn in grad school. These were some of the important things “the...
