Eilat: A Marine World in the Desert
Stylophora pistillata in a shallow-water captive pool, displaying vivid pigmentation.
U.S. Considers Endangered Species Protection for 82 Stony Coral Species
Branching Hammer Coral, Euphyllia parancora, described by the Center for Biological Diversity as one of many stony corals in need of protection from "taking": environmental harm, collection, importation, or interstate trade.
Photo by Janine Cairns-Michael.
Damsels in Hot Water
Lemon Damselfish over stony corals on the Great Barrier Reef. Image courtesy Australian Institute of Marine Science.
Editor's Page January/February 2010
If there is a canary needed for the treacherous mineshaft of global climate change, there may be no better aquatic candidate than corals in the genus Acropora. As many of us know from personal experience, these corals are exquisitely sensitive to changes of water temperature, light, and water chemistry.
What Corals Eat
MYTHS & REALITIES OF CORAL NUTRITION
By Ronald L. Shimek, Ph.D.
Excerpt from the January/February Issue of CORAL
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Moorea Under the Scope
Saron marmoratus, unusual color morph of the Saron Shrimp, collected in Moorea.
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