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By , on September 15th, 2010 5 comments   Coral, Ecology, Open Access, Organisms, Uncategorized   ,  

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

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Determining the Fate of Carbon in a Mixotrophic Anemone
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By , on July 15th, 2010 Leave a comment   Adaptations, New Research   , , , , , , , , , ,  

It has been known for a long time that some anemones form symbiotic relationships with Zooxanthellae. For a while it was assumed that the anemones mainly persisted by utilizing carbon translocated from its symbionts, called autotrophy, but they can may supplement this by heterotrophic feeding on plankton. A study by Bachar and colleagues followed . . . → Read More: Determining the Fate of Carbon in a Mixotrophic Anemone

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