Acropora millepora aquarium colony grown from fragment, www.reefclub.or.kr One of the defining decision points of life: Settle-down and make a living close to the familiar particulars of your birthplace or venture out to get a fresh start and be exposed to additional opportunities and experiences that “somewhere else” could open up. In addition to vexing . . . → Read More: Red Means Go: Coral, Color, and Climate Change
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By RickMac, on  February 1st, 2011  2 comments  Coral, Ecology, Evolution, Mating & Reproduction, New Research, Open Access, Organisms, Scientist!  conservation, coral reefs, Genetics Color me surprised that there is still resistance against open access journals. I was extremely flattered a few years ago to be invited to join the academic editors at PLoS One. In that time I worked diligently to develop a Marine and Aquatic Science hub at the journal. I have accumulated what I consider to . . . → Read More: From The Editor’s Desk: The Case For Open Access
By RickMac, on September 15th, 2010 5 comments Coral, Ecology, Open Access, Organisms, Uncategorized climate change, Zooxanthellae D’Angelo et al. (2009): Blue light regulation of pigment expression in corals A post on NOAA’s Coral-List (an automatic mailing list forum for online discussions and announcements pertaining to coral reef ecosystem research, conservation, and education) caught my eye as it featured an interesting field observation that was made following a recent series of severe . . . → Read More: Color Me Stressed
By Dr. M, on August 2nd, 2010 4 comments Open Access, Organisms Census of Marine Life, Open Access, Organisms, plos one One of the greatest moments of my career was being invited to serve as editor at PLoS One. This moment was surpassed by the day I launched the Marine and Aquatic Science Section at PLoS One in early 2009. I was glad to serve PLoS One, develop and build the Marine and Aquatic Science section, . . . → Read More: PLoS One and the Census of Marine Life
By Dr. M, on July 5th, 2010 4 comments Conservation & Environment, Geology, Industry & Government, Mining, New Research, Open Access, Organisms, Scientist!, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls Azores, conservation, extinction debt, fossil, Hydrothermal Vent, insects, mining, Miocene, Paleobiology, raptor, species-area, sperm whale, sulphide deposit, The Tide Pool An occasional series where we briefly report 3 new studies and tell you why they are cool! A new report from Lambert et al. reports on a new fossil sperm whale skull, teeth, and mandible from Peru. Dating back to the 12-13 Mya from the Middle Miocene, Leviathan melvillei possessed a 3 meter (~10 feet) . . . → Read More: The Tide Pool: Super Sperm Whales, Extinction Debts, and Vent Conservation
By Dr. M, on April 13th, 2010 5 comments Adaptations, Biology, New Research, Open Access, Organisms anaerobic, anoxic, Loricifera, Mediterranean, mitochondria, oxgyen, RB Editor's Selection He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world-Horace It is good to carry some powered rouge in one’s sleeve. It may happen that when one is sobering up or waking from sleep, his complexion may be poor. At such a time it is good to take out and . . . → Read More: Samurai and Deep-Sea Loricifera Should Use More Rouge
By Dr. M, on February 28th, 2010 One comment Adaptations, Fish, Mating & Reproduction, New Research, Open Access, Organisms anglerfish, batfish, deep sea, fish, goosefish, lure, Monkfish, Parasite, parasitic males From Miya et al. 2010 Figure 1 – Representatives of the lophiiform suborders Lophioidei (A), Antennarioidei (B, C), Chaunacoidei (D), and Ogcocephaloidei (E) My wife is from a very large family. Inevitably at in-law gatherings, I find myself whispering into my wife’s ear, “How are you related to that person?” Unfortunately, my wife has . . . → Read More: Family Gatherings and Free Swimming Sperm Packets
By Dr. M, on November 23rd, 2009 2 comments Conservation & Environment, Expeditions, New Research, Open Access, Organisms, Scientist!, Seamount, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls abyss, Census of Marine Life, CoML, Seamount, taxonomy Over ten years ago Fred Grassle, a marine biologist with deep-sea tendencies, and Jesse Ausubel, program director for Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, started conversing on an initiative to document the biodiversity of the oceans. That program, the Census of Marine Life, started in 2000 with the goal “to advance a major new international observational program . . . → Read More: Cataloging Life On the Deep-Sea Floor
By Dr. M, on July 10th, 2009 3 comments Conferences, Open Access, Opinion & Editorial, Reviews blogging, Cold Springs Harbor, Conference, journal, Nature, reporting Recently, Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory said it would require bloggers to ask permission before blogging about a presentation, just like reporters. A surprising editorial in Nature says “not only is that a bad idea, but it should just be disregarded.” Nature has made the case that blogging by researchers is good. Critical discussion of worthy . . . → Read More: To Blog or Not To Blog
By Dr. M, on April 22nd, 2009 3 comments Open Access journals, novelty, Open Access, plos, publishing, review At the PLoS One Community blog I discuss why I joined PLoS One, believe in the open access mission, and contemplate how we view a paper’s novelty. |
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