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Category: Coral Reef

Climate Change Coral Coral Reef Ecology Fish Fishing Mammals Paleobiology Uncategorized

Feces Friday: Marine Edition

Douglas Long July 11, 2014

Here’s your recap of the top excretion-related news in the past few weeks, and what it means to our ocean world: Mo’ Whales, Mo’ Poop,…

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Biology Conservation & Environment Coral Reef Sponge Bitches!

What is the world's largest barrel sponge?

Dr. M May 8, 2014 Barrel Spongegiantlargestrecord holder

It is probably this 2.5 meter (8.2 feet) diameter giant that was a tourist attraction for scuba divers visiting Curaçao in the Caribbean in the…

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Biology Cnidaria Coral Coral Reef Ecology Evolution Intertidal Mating & Reproduction Mollusk Pelagic

The Floating Rocks of the South Pacific

Dr. M March 25, 2014

In the South Pacific world building occurs every day.  From beneath the ocean’s depths active submarine volcanoes eject molten lava and sulfuric gases well above…

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Biology Climate Change Coral Reef Ecology Mollusk New Research Organisms

Snails High On Acid Make Poor Choices, Get Eaten By Predators

Dr. M November 18, 2013 acidificationbehaviourconchcone shellfightflightpredatorprey

In humans concentrations of carbon dioxide around 1%, normal is just a less than 0.04%, can make a person drowsy. Like a macroeconomics class.  At…

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Biology Conservation & Environment Coral Coral Reef Habitats Organisms Uncategorized

Zombie Coral Apocalypse

Alex Warneke October 19, 2013 coralsKate FurbyScrippszombies

This past week I had the pleasure of listening to Kate Furby (@seakaterun) from Scripps Institute of Oceanography talk about her research on the Zombie…

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Biology Coral Reef Ecology Mollusk

Can Animals Directly Harness Solar Energy? Apparently So…

Dr. M October 6, 2013 #sizingoceangiantsGiant ClamphotosynthesisTridacna gigas

The following post is authored by Frank Lee as part of the Sizing Ocean Giants project. This post originally occurred on the Story of Size. The summer is…

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Adaptations Biology Conservation & Environment Coral Reef Fish Organisms Pelagic Pictures and Movies Uncategorized Weird

Fishes of Instagram #throwbackthurday

Alex Warneke July 18, 2013 CoralfishFishes of InstagramlarvaeOntogenetic ShiftsTBT

Have some of your own to add? Drop us a line below.   Sources: Wikimedia Commons, Ron McPeak, Judi333, Trine Galloway, East Bay Express, Shutterstock

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Biology Coral Reef Fish Organisms

Seasnake vs. Moray Eel…not what I was expecting

Dr. M April 17, 2013 Eelpredatorpreysea snake

In the below video a seasnake catches a moray eel at Giant Clam, Puerto Galera, Mindoro, Philippines.  I believe the eel is a fimbriated moray, Gymnothorax…

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