Finding Nemo Spotlights Dark Side Of Pet-Fish Trade animated character to life is urging protection for tropical fish and coral reefs. Practically the whole world depends on coral reefs, so if the coral http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/05/0530_030530_nemo1.html
Extractions: May 30, 2003 As a young clownfish named Nemo enchants moviegoers with his epic adventure from the ocean to a fish tank and beyond, the actor whose voice brings the animated character to life is urging protection for tropical fish and coral reefs. "Practically the whole world depends on coral reefs, so if the coral reefs get all killed, then the ocean will start going out of whack, and if the ocean goes out of whack something might happen on land," said Alexander Gould, the nine-year-old actor who is the voice of the namesake character in the movie. Finding Nemo The dark side of the aquarium trade is the use of cyanide by some collectors to stun tropical fish, making it easy to scoop the fish up. The very poisonous chemical also kills smaller fish, irreparably harms the corals, and is dangerous to divers, according to conservationists. Gould, who lives near the beach in Southern California and is passionate about the oceans and coral reefs, has teamed up with the Honolulu-based
Research View | The University Of Montana Ancient coral reef remains, for example, indicate tropical settings, Most people are never exposed to the broad level of paleontology, he says. http://www.umt.edu/urelations/rview/winter2003/oceans.htm
Extractions: Reefs and Life Across the Eons (Left) Researcher George Stanley holds a coral fossil from UM's Paleontology Research Collection. (Right) Ancestor of all: Stanley holds a 530-million-year-old fish fossil discovered at China's Chengjiang Biota that may be the forerunner of all vertebrates, including humans. If given access to a time machine, some people would cruise off to witness the signing of the Declaration of Independence or maybe the birth of Christ. But UM paleontologist George Stanley would take a longer jaunt perhaps jumping back 200 million years to visit the first reefs of the Mesozoic Era. Or maybe he'd zip back 540 million years to the dawn of the Cambrian Period when simple worms, jellyfish and multicellular critters living in the Earth's oceans suddenly at least in geologic terms exploded into myriad new forms.
Workshop 2000_2 The Database allows rapid summaries of coral condition, algae and fish for each site and to compare reef sites from within the same area and between areas http://www.agrra.org/workshops/workshop2000_2.html
Extractions: May 20-21, 2000 Since its inception in June 1998 the AGRRA program has carried out coral reef health assessments in over 22 reef areas of the Wider Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, more than any other organization to date. With support from the Bacardi Family Foundation, a two-day workshop was organized bringing together some 25 leaders of AGRRA teams to present results of their assessments, plan a volume of reports, and discuss modifications in the methodology. Below is a list of highlights from the workshop. Highlights of the Workshop: Presentations: Team leaders presented the results of their surveys with emphasis on their preliminary findings and comments on problems of assessments and recommendations. Each presentation was limited to 15 minutes. Reports came from: Bermuda, Bahamas (Abaco, Andros, San Salvador), Turks and Caicos, Texas (Flower Garden Bank), Mexico (Vercruz, Yucatan peninsula), Belize (Barrier reef, Lighthouse Atoll), Costa Rica, Cuba (SW coast), Cayman Islands, Lesser Antilles (Saba, St. Martin, St. Eustatius) St. Vincent, Venezuela (Los Roques), Brazil. Working Group Discussions: On the second day of the workshop working groups examined AGRRA data results within three broad categories: coral invertebrates, reef fishes, interactions (algae-fish-corals). Each group first discussed the principal indicators that should be looked at to make comparisons and examine spatial patterns. All groups agreed that the first priority should be to conduct an anomaly analyses of 15 indicators including: coral cover, coral mortality, coral recruitment, macro algal index, urchin density, abundance and biomass of key fish families (parrotfish, surgeonfish, grouper, snapper, and grunts), fish diversity (AGRRA fish diversity and REEF methods). Questions raised by each of the groups that should be addressed based on the results of an analysis include:
USGS: Science Topics: Invertebrates Oculina Bank geology of a deep-water coral reef habitat off Florida New of deep-water coral pinnacles where fish spawn off east-central Florida in http://www.usgs.gov/science/science.php?term=606&type=theme
USGS: Science Topics: Invertebrates Geologic studies of coral reef habitats remote sensing applications to coral of deepwater coral pinnacles where fish spawn off east-central Florida in http://www.usgs.gov/science/science.php?term=606&order=alpha
Earth & Sky : Oh No! WEBSTER I have had an interest in tropical coral reef communities for about 40 years For ahi tuna, ask your supplier if the fish are troll/polecaught. http://www.earthsky.com/shows/chats/chatwebster.php
Earth Science And Paleontology Earthquake Effects, Map Projections, Volcano, Island Coral Reefs, How to construct paleontology Without Walls Virtual Exhibits of the University of http://www.towson.edu/csme/mctp/Technology/EarthScience.html
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Extractions: Home Browse Newsletters Store ... Subscribe Already a member? Log in This Article's Table of Contents jellyfish Print this Table of Contents Shopping Price: USD $1495 Revised, updated, and still unrivaled. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (Hardcover) Price: USD $15.95 The Scrabble player's bible on sale! Save 30%. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Price: USD $19.95 Save big on America's best-selling dictionary. Discounted 38%! More Britannica products jellyfish Any of about 200 described species of free-swimming marine cnidarian s (in the classes Scyphozoa and Cubozoa), many of which have a bell-shaped body. The term is also frequently applied to other similar cnidarians (e.g., Portuguese man-of-war ) and some unrelated forms (e.g., ctenophore s and salps). In scyphozoan jellyfish, the free-swimming medusa form is the dominant stage, with the sessile polyp
Fish -- Encyclopædia Britannica Coral Reefs fish ( 0055) Creatures of all sizes make their homes in and around coral reefs. Bass fishing Why fish Strike (115) http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9111049
Extractions: Home Browse Newsletters Store ... Subscribe Already a member? Log in Content Related to this Topic This Article's Table of Contents Expand all Collapse all Introduction General features Structural diversity Distribution and abundance Natural history Life history Behaviour Locomotion Reproduction Form and function Body plan The skin The muscle system The digestive system ... Actynopterygii: ray-finned fishes Classification Distinguishing taxonomic features Annotated classification Additional Reading General works Regional works Natural history Form and function ... Print this Table of Contents Shopping Price: USD $1495 Revised, updated, and still unrivaled. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (Hardcover) Price: USD $15.95 The Scrabble player's bible on sale! Save 30%. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary Price: USD $19.95 Save big on America's best-selling dictionary. Discounted 38%! More Britannica products fish
Field Trips Green River shales are known for their fish, plant and insect fossils. Douglas Pass is a treasure trove of very wonderful horn coral, dinosaur tracks http://www.wipsppc.com/!fieldtr.htm
ISRS - International Society For Reef Studies A new scientific awareness of diseases on coral reefs leads to a host of In addition, diseases of algae, sponges, and fish have been and continue to be http://www.fit.edu/isrs/council/disease.htm
Extractions: Home About Us Membership Meetings Fellowships Society Awards Publications Resources Contact ISRS Statement on Diseases on Coral Reefs Diseases of corals and other organisms are having significant, negative impacts on the structure and appearance of coral reefs. On some reefs, the effects of disease have been of a similar magnitude to more familiar disturbances, such as outbreaks of the crown-of-thorns starfish in the Indo-Pacific and worldwide coral bleaching associated with elevated sea temperatures. A new scientific awareness of diseases on coral reefs leads to a host of questions about the novelty of recently discovered syndromes, the importance of observed trends toward increasing infection rates, and the extent to which human activities are responsible. This statement, issued by the International Society for Reef Studies (ISRS), summarizes current knowledge on the subject. It was compiled by an ad hoc group of scientists in ISRS, composed of individuals who are directly or indirectly considering disease as part of their research programs. Disease is a natural process that has been poorly studied in the oceans because of its ephemeral nature. Epidemics in animal populations, called epizootics, are a serious threat to the health of coral reefs worldwide. Recent observations of epizootics affecting sea urchins and corals show that diseases on reefs can devastate their target populations and act as agents of rapid and dramatic community change. Marine pathologists and microbiologists are attempting to identify the causes of infection, but the pathogens responsible for most diseases affecting reef organisms remain elusive. These difficulties complicate efforts by scientists and managers to study outbreaks and to determine if control measures are warranted. It is becoming clear, however, that human activity is at least partially responsible for disease outbreaks on coral reefs over the past decade.
ISRS - International Society For Reef Studies Dr Andrew H. Baird, Postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Coral Reef Biodiversity, She has also provided consultations on fish taxonomy and ecology at http://www.fit.edu/isrs/Candidates 2004.html
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Falls Of The Ohio - Education It is actually subdivided into the lower and upper coral zone. Like most sciences, paleontology consists of specialists those studying a small part of http://www.fallsoftheohio.org/education/how-many.html
Extractions: by Alan Goldstein The Falls of the Ohio at Louisville, Kentucky are world-renown for the incredible number and variety of fossils that have been found. Fossils may be seen today, when river conditions allow. Collecting is no longer permitted, because over the last 200 years, enormous tonnage's of fossils have been hauled away. We must preserve what remains for the enjoyment of generations to come. Geologists describe the fossils in various layers or strata at the Falls. The entire rock formation is called the Jeffersonville Limestone, named from exposures at the Falls closer to that southern Indiana town (Kindle, 1899). The individual strata (or zones) are named for their fossil content. Actually the lowest fossil bed exposed during very low water conditions is the Silurian Louisville Limestone, some 30 million years older than the overlying Jeffersonville Limestone. In addition, there are large amounts of Ordovician limestone ripped from the floor and banks of the Ohio River upstream. These add several hundred additional species to the faunal list, but will not be described here.
Coral Reef Ecology - Interview With Professor David Bellwood Interview with Professor David Bellwood for the Special Topic Coral Reef. broad research program that now encompasses paleontology, molecular phylogeny, http://www.esi-topics.com/coralreef/interviews/ProfessorDavidBellwood.html
Extractions: Citing URL - http://www.esi-topics.com/coralreef/interviews/ProfessorDavidBellwood.html ccording to our Special Topic on Coral Reef Ecology, the work of Professor David Bellwood ranks at #7, with 39 papers cited a total of 460 times. Professor Bellwood is a coauthor on two of the top 20 Coral Reef Ecology papers published in the past two years. He is a Professor of Marine Biology and the Director of the Centre for Coral Reef Biodiversity at James Cook University in Queensland, Australia. In the interview below, Professor Bellwood talks about his highly cited work. Why would you say your work is highly cited? The future for coral reefs is often bleak but research on coral reef ecosystems is in one of the most exciting and dynamic periods in its history. Coral reef ecosystems offer an unparalleled opportunity for evolutionary and ecological investigation and considerable room for innovation. I believe that my research has been highly cited because it offered alternative perspectives and presented novel approaches to key questions in coral reef ecology. By drawing on the insights from many disparate disciplines I believe I have been able to provide a more pluralistic understanding of coral reefs and as a result, reached a broader audience.
Alphabetical Faculty Listing Program Director in Marine Biology; fish endocrinology and development, larval fish biology Coral biology, especially cell biology and skeletogenesis; http://www.fiu.edu/~biology/website/marinebio.htm
Extractions: Home Undergraduate Graduate Faculty/Staff ... Research Charles Bigger Research Interests: Comparative Immunology, Invertebrate pathology and disease Invertebrate cytology, Histocompatibility and population genteics, Environmental influences on immunity. Student Projects: Marine mammal cytokines; Sponge immunity and pathology; Histopathology of gorgonian coral adajptive alloimmune response; molecular genetic basis of the immunological responses of a gorgonian coral; environmental influences on wound healing; histocompatibility in gorgonian corals. Representative Papers: J. Invertebrate Pathology 76: 176-184 J. Invertebrate Pathology 73: 321-331 Biol. Bulletin 181: 127-134 Chris Brown Research Interests: Program Director in Marine Biology; Fish endocrinology and development, larval fish biology and culture, aquaculture in underdeveloped countries.
Tropical Biology Contributions Series Coral diseases What is really known? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 13438442. Controls on fish distribution and abundance in temporary wetlands. http://www.fiu.edu/~biology1/tropical/series.html
Extractions: Contributions to the Program in Tropical Biology The contribution series, a collection of peer-reviewed publications published by Tropical Biology affiliated faculty, was initiated in the Spring of 1998. The Tropical Biology program at FIU joins faculty from the departments of Biological Sciences, Environmental Studies, Geology, the Southeastern Environmental Research Center (SERC), the Biological Resource Division (BRD) of the United States Geological Service (USGS), and Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden (FTG). To obtain a contribution number, contact Javier Francisco-Ortega (ortegaj@fiu.edu) Koptur, S and N Truong. 1998. Facultative ant-plant interactions: nectar sugar preferences of introduced pest ant species in south Florida. Biotropica 30:179-189. Richardson, L. 1998. Coral diseases: What is really known? Trends in Ecology and Evolution 13:438-442. Donnelly, MA. 1999. Reproductive phenology of Eleutherodactylus bransfordii (Anura: Leptodactylidae) in northeastern Costa Rica. Journal of Herpetology 33:624-631. Oberbauer, SF, HW Loescher, and DB Clark. 2000. Effects of climate factors on daytime carbon exchange from an old growth forest in Costa Rica. Selbyana 21:66-73.
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Extractions: Free monthly newsletter Glossary This page contains perspectives on terms related to United States marine protected areas. A B C D ... Z Aquatic Protected Area: A marine protected area that includes freshwater resources. Avoid Harm: As defined in MPA Executive Order 13158: avoid causing harm to MPAs to the extent permitted by law and to the maximum extent practicable, through federally conducted, approved, or funded activities. Benthic: Pertaining to the environment of the sea floor or lake bottom and adjacent waters, and the organisms that reside there. Biodiversity: The species number, variety, and essential interdependence of all living things. Includes the number and variety of living organisms, the genetic differences among them, the communities and ecosystems in which they occur, and the ecological and evolutionary processes that keep them functioning. Coastal Planning Areas: Distinct geographic locations subject to site-specific, ongoing management and/or regulatory planning within legally defined, fixed boundaries that include upland and marine/intertidal components. Coastal Planning Areas are similar to Marine Planning Areas, but involve plans for land management or land use recommendations, policies, and/or guidelines aimed at protecting coastal and marine resources from development impacts and impaired water quality. (See Coastal Zone Management Act)
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