by CORAL Magazine | Jan 22, 2013 | CORAL Excerpt, Marine, News & Notes
Heat-Resistant Corals Provide Clues to Climate Change Survival By Rob Jordan In a future shaped by climate change, only the strong, or heat-resistant ‚ will survive. A recent study co-authored by Stanford Woods Institute Senior Fellow Stephen Palumbi opens a window...
by CORAL Magazine | Dec 1, 2012 | CORAL Excerpt, News & Notes
This is an old (2003) standard definition video but some interesting shots. The narration tells the story so no need for a lengthy description here; mostly scenes of reef fish spawning at dusk in the Pacific (Palau, Fiji, PNG, Solomon Islands) and the...
by CORAL Magazine | Nov 24, 2012 | Marine, News & Notes
Corals Attacked by Seaweed Use Chemical Signals to Summon Help “Bodyguard” fish quickly respond to graze on invading marine algae Corals under attack by toxic seaweed do what anyone might when threatened–they call for help. Results reported in the...
by CORAL Magazine | Nov 6, 2012 | Marine, News & Notes
Researchers Stumble Upon Lethal Control for Crown of Thorns Starfish An Australia-based team of marine scientists has developed what may prove an effective control for the dreaded Crown of Thorns starfish (COTS), which periodically ravages coral reefs across the...
by CORAL Magazine | Oct 27, 2012 | Marine, News & Notes
Devastated by deepwater trawling nets, Sweden’s Säcken reef in the Koster Fjord will likely disappear if corrective action is not taken, according to scientists at the University of Gothenburg. Still healthy corals, some believed to be from genetic stock in excess of...
