…just kidding. The latest Giant Squid catch measures in at 6m and 230kg. Bert Tober’s trawler, Zeehan, was approximately 40km off the coast of Portland,…
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View More Cephalopodiscious HugsOne day course in reef ecology
Deep coral biologists like myself are continually looking to shallow reefs for applicable paradigms. A new online seminar on coral reef futures sponsored by the…
View More One day course in reef ecologyA Post Where Craig Pontificates About the Colossal Squid
In my absence for a body size evolution workshop and during Peter’s coral week spectacular the media took the opportunity to spread disinformation about my…
View More A Post Where Craig Pontificates About the Colossal SquidSigning off on Coral Week
Well, all good things must come to an end, so this is it for Coral Week. I wanted to finish things on a high note…
View More Signing off on Coral WeekThe naked coral hypothesis: a cause for optimism?
There remains a cause for optimism. Shallow-water corals have weathered a host of insults over the last 18,000 years. The Atomic Age is just one…
View More The naked coral hypothesis: a cause for optimism?Will bottom trawls have negative effects on deep-sea corals?
This is the fifth of five articles about the shared characteristics of shallow and deep-water corals. It’s far from complete, I’m afraid. Deep corals are…
View More Will bottom trawls have negative effects on deep-sea corals?Will climate change have negative effects on deep-sea corals?
Seawater chemistry is changing with the addition of fossil fuel CO2 to the atmosphere. This influx of CO2 is causing the world’s oceans to become more acidic, which is bad news for corals and other marine organisms that use calcium carbonate to build their skeletons and protective shells.
View More Will climate change have negative effects on deep-sea corals?Deep-corals provide habitat for numerous associated species
The biodiversity of Lophelia pertusa bioherms in the North Atlantic rivals the diversity of a shallow water tropical reef. More than 800 associated species have been documented in association.
View More Deep-corals provide habitat for numerous associated speciesIt’s not over!
Coral reefs are in decline around the world, and species are disappearing every day. But new species are being discovered, too. So, can society mitigate species loss by investing in species discovery?
View More It’s not over!