What is a Coral Reef

Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 20:45:11 -0400 From: John McManus <jmcmanus@rsmas.miami.edu> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] FW: RE: What is a coral reef and where is it’s edge? To: <coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Message-ID: <007c01cea451$04b79750$0e26c5f0$@rsmas.miami.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” In setting up the original, data-repository version of ReefBase, we had to deal with a lot of conflicting definitions. We finally decided […]

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Spawning on the Reef

Stony 1.1 Acropora palmata   Elkhorn Coral     little     2100-2200     little     ?*     1.2 Acropora cervicornis   Staghorn Coral     ?*     1900-2230     1900-2230     ?*     ?*     21-Sep     22-Sep     23-Sep     24-Sep   […]

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Semester Abroad at TREC

OPEN TO ALL College Students Semester Abroad Course offerings at: Belize Marine Tropical Research & Education Center   San Pedro, Belize In conjunction with: Farleigh Dickenson University (accrediting university) Belize 2014 Itinerary / Semester – 18 credits / 10 weeks  (68 days and 67 nights) Monday, February 17, 2014, Arrive February 18 – March 7, 2014, […]

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Good Reef Survey

Reef Survey shows good news for Belize The Catlin Seaview Survey is organized by the University of  Queensland and promoted by the Catlin Insurance Company. It is a global  campaign and a race against time to study coral reef. In the Caribbean  reef health has declined and that is why the marine scientists from the  […]

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Yeah – Beluga whales win

NOAA Fisheries denies application to import 18 beluga whales for public display August 6, 2013 Beluga whale. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) Following a number of public engagement efforts, NOAA  Fisheries today announced it is denying the Georgia Aquarium’s request for a  permit to import 18 beluga whales from Russia for public display in the United  […]

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