by CORAL Magazine | Mar 23, 2013 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine
Hawaiian fishers near protected areas go farther but fare well financially Marine protected areas (MPSAs) are becoming a cornerstone of reef and ocean conservation, involving the setting aside of specific waters to preserve and manage vulnerable resources like...
by Ronald L. Shimek, PhD | Mar 23, 2013 | CORAL - Ronald L. Shimek, PhD, Marine
Now, that’s all well and good, but I was wondering, while I looked at various of the animals illustrating some of these critters, about the base appearance of some of these critters and their names, both scientific and common. The enteropneusts or acorn worms are so...
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 Ronald L. Shimek, PhD | Mar 9, 2013 | CORAL - Ronald L. Shimek, PhD, Marine
One of the more unlikely places to find a nice image of one of my favorite types of invertebrates is the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD). Normally, these images are of beautiful or interesting astronomical objects or spacecraft or terrestrial images somehow...
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...
