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Coral community decline at Bonaire, Southern Caribbean [PDF]
We assessed the status of coral reef benthic communities at Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, in December 2008 and January 2009 through ∼5 km of photo transects taken at depths of 5, 10, and 20 m at 14 locations around the island.
Brooks, Lyndon+3 more
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Design of Marine Protected Areas on high seas and territorial waters of rockall bank [PDF]
Fisheries closures are rapidly being developed to protect vulnerable marine ecosystems worldwide. Satellite monitoring of fishing vessel activity indicates that these closures can work effectively with good compliance by international fleets even in ...
Campbell, M+6 more
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Effects of a mass mortality event on gorgonian reproduction
Financial support for this work was provided by the Port-Cros National Park through the Total Foundation and by research grants CTM2004-03120/MAR and CTM2006-01463 from the Spanish Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, and ANR-05-BDIV- 005 from the French Agence Nationale de la Recherche.
Linares, Cristina+2 more
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Economic profile of Florida's marine life industry [PDF]
The marine life industry in Florida is defined as the harvest of live marine specimens (fish and invertebrate species including plants, live rock and sand, and small “critters”) for commercial use, primarily aquariums.
Adams, Charles M.+4 more
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Here, we report the draft genome sequence of Sphingorhabdus sp. strain EL138, an alphaproteobacterium that shows potential to degrade polycyclic aromatic compounds and to cope with various heavy metals and antibiotics. Moreover, the strain, isolated from
S. Silva+3 more
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Association between the squat lobster Gastroptychus formosus and cold-water corals in the North Atlantic [PDF]
Although there are no previous descriptions of the habits of chirostylids in the North Atlantic, it is likely that species in the genera Uroptychus, Eumunida and Gastroptychus have close ecological ties with deep-sea corals since they have all been ...
Hall-Spencer, JM+3 more
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Harvest of endangered marine invertebrates in a priority area for conservation in Brazil
The harvesting of marine organisms for aquarium and ornamental art crafts is a very common and widespread activity, threatening a number of coral reef species.
Flavia C.F. Pinheiro+6 more
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Scientific divers quantify first known outbreaks of cold-water coral disease [PDF]
Coral diseases are widely reported in the tropics but the first incidence of cold-water coral disease was not noted until 2002 when divers recorded an outbreak at 10-28 m depth off Lundy in a NE Atlantic marine protected area.
Hall-Spencer, J, Hiscock, K, Munn, C
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Penimethavone A, a flavone from a gorgonian-derived fungus Penicillium chrysogenum
A novel flavone, penimethavone A (1), possessing a rare unique methyl group at ring-B, was isolated from the fungus Penicillium chrysogenum cultured from a gorgonian Carijoa sp. collected from the South China Sea.
Xue-Mei Hou+3 more
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The Reproductive Cycle and Spawning in a Caribbean Gorgonian
The reproductive biology of Plexuara A, a common but undescribed Caribbean gorgonian, was studied in the San Blas Islands, Panama. Oocytes were present in the polyps throughout the year, though a seasonal developmental cycle is evident. Early stage oocytes appeared at the base of the polyps in November.
Howard R. Lasker, Daniel A. Brazeau
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