We would like to give you all a “heads up” on a new paper we have just had published in the Journal of Phycology. Put briefly, two new species of Symbiodinium were formally described primarily using DNA sequences. The paper is: A genetics-based description of Symbiodinium minutum sp. nov. and S. psygmophilum sp. nov. (dinophyceae), […]
Hi all – the same issue of Phycologia with the new Symbiodinium species also has a paper from my lab (Casamatta et al., 2012) formally describing the black band disease cyanobacterium. This cyanobacterium, referred to over the years as Phormidium, Oscillatoria, Pseudoscillatoria, and various strains, was characterized using a polyphasic approach (sequencing, phylogeny, ecology, physiology) […]
Please share with your appropriate networks. Questions and applications go to REEF General Manager, Martha Klitzkie, at Martha@REEF.org. Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) is now accepting applications for the Spring 2013 Marine Conservation Internship. The internship is designed to provide in-depth experience in marine conservation and non-profit organizations. The program is geared to college-age individuals […]
Conch Survey conducted countrywide The Fisheries Department is working within the various marine reserves countrywide in conducting their bi-annual national conch survey. The survey, which should be completed next week, is conducted in compliance with Appendix Two of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) and is intended to make stock assessment of […]