Nov/Dec 2013 CORAL Attribution Error

Nov/Dec 2013 CORAL Attribution Error

We regret a slight error in attribution (as seen above) on page 47 of the November/December 2013 issue of CORAL Magazine. Matt Pedersen’s article, “Captive Acropora Spawning Events in Florida”, which stems from an interview with Dustin Dorton of ORA,...
Dragons & Wrasses: New Reef Species Discovered

Dragons & Wrasses: New Reef Species Discovered

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....
The Eyespots Have It

The Eyespots Have It

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...
ORA Documents Synchronized Acropora Spawning

ORA Documents Synchronized Acropora Spawning

“On September 23rd, 2013 we observed another spawning event on our coral greenhouse. “At approximately 7:45 pm nearly all fragments of our Blue Voodoo (Acropora sp.) spawned. These corals are split up into multiple tanks and isolated systems, yet their...