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Reef water quality not up to scratch :: from Yahoo! News
One of the largest-ever studies of the impacts of water quality pollution on coral reefs on the Great Barrier Reef indicates that poor water quality - characterised by high turbidity and nutrients - increases the amount of seaweed and reduces the biodiversity of corals.
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The evolutionary origins of coral sex :: from Yahoo! News
( University of Guam ) University of Guam Marine Lab associate professor, Alexander Kerr, is senior author of a paper on the evolutionary origins of coral sex published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. The paper, "Correlated evolution of sex and reproductive mode in corals" finds that ancient corals consisted of mostly separate sexes and needed to pass through an evolutionarily period ...
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Kohola Mana ‘Ohana forms to help protect species :: from National Marine Sanctuary News
LIHU‘E — A new Kaua‘i nonprofit is working to spread awarenessabout the ongoing struggle marine mammals face in Hawaiianwaters.
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New Project Profile: Teaching Teens to WATCH the Environment :: from National Marine Sanctuary News
When the Monterey Bay Aquarium sought to expand its environmental education efforts, it found a good match in the Watsonville area near the northeast coast of Monterey Bay. The new Pajaro Valley High School was located in what has become a rarity in coastal California: A wetlands area called a slough. The Aquarium worked with school faculty to develop the WATCH (Watsonville Area Teens Conserving ...
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Australian, Japanese waters harbouring deep secrets: census :: from Yahoo! News
Australia and Japan boast some of the planet's most diverse oceans but thousands of organisms remain unknown to science and global warming is a huge marine peril, a major new census says.
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Fined over taking coral :: from Yahoo! News
A Perth man has admitted transporting stolen live coral from the Kimberley.
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Rolls-Royce Technology Aids in Gulf Oil Spill Detection :: from National Marine Sanctuary News
RESTON, Va.----Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, announced today that its Naval Undersea Systems division in North America has received an order from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Marine and Aircraft Operations to upgrade their Moving Vessel Profiler onboard the NOAA ship Thomas Jefferson.
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Eat Fish to Save Fish, Say Conservationists :: from Yahoo! News
Can we save the oceans with strategic dieting? Florida conservationists think so. That's why they're encouraging Palm Beach County residents to munch on lionfish--an invasive Indo-Pacific species that has the ability to eat 80% of a coral reef's small fish population in five weeks. Florida fisherman used to spot no more than five lionfish a year. Now they find up to 500 in a matter of months ...
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Noise Pollution Leads Baby Fish Astray :: from Yahoo! News
The growing amount of human noise pollution in the ocean could lead fish away from good habitat and off to their death, according to new research from a UK-led team working on the Great Barrier Reef.After developing for weeks at sea, baby tropical fish rely on natural noises to find the coral reefs where they can survive and thrive. However, the researchers found that short exposure to ...
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20. Peninsula reefs in worse shape than Sepanggar :: from Yahoo! News
KOTA KINABALU: Universiti Malaysia Sabah marine scientists, who reported the occurrence of coral bleaching in Sepanggar Bay last week, do not suggest a knee-jerk response from a management perspective.
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Protected ocean areas can't save coral reefs from climate change, new research shows :: from Yahoo! News
The conventional wisdom that marine reserves can save coral reefs from climate change is wishful thinking, according to Simon Fraser University researchers.
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In Australian reef, world's biggest fish inspire awe :: from Yahoo! News
EXMOUTH, Western Australia "Group one, go! Go!"
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Rare Coral Discovered in Pacific Ocean :: from Yahoo! News
What could be the world's rarest coral has been discovered in the remote North Pacific Ocean.
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Scientists try to help aid restoration of coral reef :: from Yahoo! News
With the apparently successful capping of the Deepwater Horizon oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, the Keys living coral reefs may be spared any ill effects of the disaster, but marine scientists say there are still plenty of reasons to be concerned over the health of the reef system.
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New collaboration that embraces science and tribal knowledge informs marine understanding :: from National Marine Sanctuary News
Several Indian tribes and the state of Washington have formed the Olympic Coast Intergovernmental Policy Council to engage more effectively with the federal government on managing ecosystems. Guest columnists Ed Johnstone and Bob Nichols write that informed collaboration is key to success.
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NOAA divers capture invasive lionfish in the Virgin Islands National Park :: from ScienceDaily News
Divers identified and killed a 15-cm-long lionfish in Fish Bay along the southern coast of St. John, making this the fourth such capture and kill of the invasive fish in the Virgin Islands National Park.
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Greens want Coral Sea fishing, mining ban :: from Yahoo! News
The Australian Greens Party wants to ban all commercial fishing and mining exploration in the Coral Sea off the Queensland coast.
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Saipan to host US Coral Reef Task Force meeting :: from Yahoo! News
One of the foremost policy groups guiding national and international coral reef conservation will convene in Saipan this September for the 2010 U.S. Coral Reef Task Force meeting.
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Tanks dumped in Gulf of Thailand :: from Yahoo! News
A fleet of disused tanks is being used to form an artificial coral reef.
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Look, listen at biggest and smallest cetaceans :: from National Marine Sanctuary News
RPV — Hunted to near extinction, the blue whale’s population is growing, as the largest mammal on the planet was spotted off the coast of Rancho Palos Verdes last week.
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