Posts Tagged ‘Coral reefs’

Earth Day Post: Corals As the First Casualty in Climate Change

Such a doomsday perspective ignores the resilience of coral reefs, our current incomplete understanding of their stress dynamics, and the ability of many of these systems to adapt to changing conditions.

25 Apr 2:01 PM 0 Read More...

Back from the Dead: Remote Reef Recovers

Contrary to popular wisdom, coral reefs in remote areas have the potential to rebound from bleaching events and in time frames that marine biologists find astonishing.

10 Apr 12:25 PM 2 Read More...

In Hot Water: Some Corals Thrive

A window into a genetic process that allows some corals to withstand unusually high temperatures and may hold a key to species survival for organisms around the world.

22 Jan 10:24 AM 0 Read More...

Aquarium Trade Provides Incentives to Protect Wild Reefs

In the case of coral reefs, supplying the home aquarium trade with locally cultivated corals can provide real economic benefits to small island communities, and thus, an incentive to protect the reefs from which the mother colonies are obtained.f

11 Dec 3:32 PM 1 Read More...

Aquarium Fisheries Updates from Hawaii

If made law, the West Hawaii rules package would impose bag and slot (size) limits on three species of fishes commonly fished for the aquarium trade, establish a 40-species “white list” of fishes permitted for aquarium take, and create a new fishery replenishment area in South Kona, where no aquarium fishing would be allowed.

11 Dec 11:28 AM 0 Read More...