Grutter, A.S., Deveny, M.R., Whittington, I.D. and R.J.G. Lester. 2002. The effect of the cleaner fish Labroides dimidiatus on the capsalid monogean Benedenia lolo parasite of the labrid fish Hemigymnus melapterus.…
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Media Review: A Review Of The Literature
Article: Brown, B.E., Downs, C.A., Dunne, R.P. and S.W. Gibb. 2002. Exploring the basis of thermotolerance in the reef coral Goniastrea aspera. Marine Ecology Progressive Series 242:119-130.
Over the last eight years various studies have appeared that deal with the ability of zooxanthellae to adapt to higher temperatures and light levels through various mechanisms such as antioxidant enzymes, down-regulation of photosynthesis and xanthophyll cycling.…
Media Review: A Review of the Literature
Rozan, T.F., Taillefert, M., Trouwborst, R.E., Glazer, B.T., Ma, S.F., Herszage, J., Valdes, L.M., Price, K.S. and G.W. Luther. 2002. Iron-sulfur- phosphorous cycling in the sediments of a shallow coastal bay: Implications for sediment nutrient release and benthic macroalgal blooms.…
The Effects Of Lighting On Bulb-tip Development In The Bulb Tentacle Anemone, Entacmaea quadricolor (Rüppell And Leukart, 1828), With Additional Observations On Sexual Reproduction In E. quadricolor And Stichodactyla gigantea (Forsskål, 1775)
The bulb tentacle anemone, Entacmaea quadricolor is one of the more popular anemone species in the aquarium trade and luckily, one of the easiest to keep. Their colors are highly variable from brown to green to red (the most desirable of which are the rose-colored varieties) with various combinations and patterns.…
Media Review: A Review Of The Literature
Trépanier, C., Parent, S., Comeau, Y. and J. Bouvrette. 2002. Phosphorous budget as a water quality management tool for closed aquatic mesocosms. Water Research 36:1007-1017.
The Montreal Biodome, was built inside of the old Olympic Velodrome back in the early 1990’s and contains a number of biomes from the Americas.…
Media Review: Review of the Literature
In the last few months a couple of articles/letters appeared both online (http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-05/eb/feature/index.htm) and in the printed media (FAMA, August 2002) where the author was questioning the claim that bacterial disease(s) were to blame for the problem with poor survival of imported Catalaphyllia (Elegans coral) colonies in the last year or so.…
Media Review: A Review Of The Media
Two years ago I was fortunate to be invited to be a plenuary speaker at the first annual Marine Ornamentals Conference in Kona, Hawaii (the second was held last fall in Orlando, Florida). In March of 2001 the proceedings of that conference were published in volume three of Aquarium Sciences and Conservation, edited by Peter Burgess and published by Kluwer Academic Publishers (www.kluweronline.nl).…
Media Review: February 2002
As some of you may have noticed, Doug Robbins and I will be alternating scribing this column. My role will be to draw your attention to articles and other publications available in the scientific literature.…
Non-photosynthetic Corals: They really are hard!
In the last 15 years, the ability to recreate a piece of a living reef in ones home has reached unprecedented heights. With the development of high intensity lighting, the maintenance of corals that require light has become possible and is now within the reach of almost any aquarist.…