Sea Squirts, SLOSS, and Sex
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By , on October 8th, 2010 2 comments   Adaptations, Mating & Reproduction, New Research   , , , , , , , , , , , ,  

Long time readers will know how perverse and socially inappropriate the unseemly sea squirt is. But there is an interesting property of sea squirt pornography and local oceanography that may have consequences in the debates surrounding marine reserve design. Castillo and colleagues examined the spawning behavior of intertidal tunicates (Pyura praeputialis, an invasive) from the . . . → Read More: Sea Squirts, SLOSS, and Sex

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Finding Nemo by DNA parentage analysis
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By , on April 14th, 2009 3 comments   Conservation & Environment, Coral, Fish, Organisms   , , , , , , , , , ,  

Orange clownfish Amphiprion percula Since the first observations of transoceanic dispersal in marine snails (Scheltema 1971), long distance transport for marine animals has been a kind of Holy Grail for marine conservation science. Marine protected area (MPA) networks make sense to coral lovers, for instance, because most coral reef fish have pelagic larval durations exceeding . . . → Read More: Finding Nemo by DNA parentage analysis

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