Long Island Collecting Log: Things are heating up
It’s late August and, as always, things are heating up in the waters of Long Island. I haven’t had a chance to log many of my excursions for the past month –... Read more.
Long Island Collecting Log: An abundance of butterflies
For me, one of the most interesting things about the appearance of the tropical strays on Long Island, is the sheer abundance of some of the species. The spotfin... Read more.
Long Island Collecting Log: Brush with a stargazer
Stargazer1 Last week, after a successful seining trip in Shinnecock Bay, I lugged my dive gear out to the inlet to see if I could spot any tropical fishes among... Read more.
Long Island Collecting Log: The next wave has arrived
Last week I reported on the arrival of the first tropical fishes of the year to appear in Long Island waters after a seining trip at Fire Island inlet turned up... Read more.
Long Island Collecting Log: The tropicals are in
After a long cold winter and amid disturbing reports that the North Atlantic may be entering a cool phase, I am very happy to report that the first tropical species... Read more.
The Secret Lives of Aquarists at Atlantis Marine World
By Todd Gardner Atlantis Marine World is a small public aquarium on the East end of Long Island, New York. Its small size is belied by a growing reputation in the... Read more.
Captive Propagation of the Boarfish
By Todd Gardner and Jay Hemdal Introduction The boarfish, Capros aper is a temperate (cool) water species, usually found at depths of 40 to 700 meters. Although... Read more.
Preliminary success in the spawning and rearing of Liopropoma Sp.
By Todd Gardner The Long Road to Settlement The reef basses, Liopropoma sp. are a group of small groupers found on tropical coral reefs throughout the world. Like... Read more.
The Brood Effect
By Todd Gardner The term “bottleneck” gets thrown around a lot in aquaculture. When we use it, we are typically referring to the specific problem (or at least,... Read more.
Long Island Collecting Log: Deepwater squirrelfish makes a rare appearance
Although it is not uncommon for the squirrelfish, Holocentrus adscensionis to show up in Long Island waters as a tropical stray, the deepwater squirrelfish, Sargocentron... Read more.