[Coral-List] Strange predatory snail question

Jessica Stella jessica.stella at my.jcu.edu.au
Wed Aug 31 19:24:59 EDT 2011


Hi Sarah,
That was Blue Planet, episode 7 Tidal Seas and depicted a horse conch (Pleuroploca gigantea)chasing after a tulip snail (Fasciolaria tulipa).

Jessica Stella
PhD Candidate
School of Marine and Tropical Biology
James Cook University
Townsville, Australia
Phone: +61 7 4781 5345
Email: jessica.stella at my.jcu.edu.au
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Today's Topics:

   1. Science Magazine Live Chat: Saving Coral Reefs (Dr. C. Mark Eakin)
   2. Invitation for Paper Submissions: ICRS Mini-Symposium on
      Long-Term Change in Coral Reefs (Jack Kittinger)
   3. Strange predatory snail question (Sarah Frias-Torres)
   4. Science Magazine Live Chat: Saving Coral Reefs    (corrected
      URL) (Mike Jankulak)


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Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:59:31 -0400
From: "Dr. C. Mark Eakin" <Mark.Eakin at noaa.gov<mailto:Mark.Eakin at noaa.gov>>
Subject: [Coral-List] Science Magazine Live Chat: Saving Coral Reefs
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Dr. John Bruno from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Dr. Mark
Eakin of NOAA's Coral Reef Watch will be the guests on this week's Live Chat.

Here's the advertisement of the chat from the Science web site:
Coral reefs from Australia to the Gulf of Mexico are some of the planet?s most
vibrant ecosystems. They?re also among the most threatened habitats in oceans
today. Over recent decades, a strong community of researchers and concerned
citizens alike has dedicated themselves to investigating the dangers facing
reefs and to developing solutions for their ongoing survival. From rising ocean
temperatures to overfishing, what are the biggest dangers facing coral reefs
today? What can scientists and the public do to protect these rich habitats? And
how can we restore lost diversity to reefs around the world?
Join us for a live chat on this page at 3 p.m. EDT on Thursday, 1 September, to
discuss these topics with experts. You can leave your questions in the comment
box below before the chat starts.

The URL for the chat is http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/08/live-chat-saving-coral-reefs..html

Cheers,
Mark

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C. Mark Eakin, Ph.D.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Center for Satellite Applications and Research
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Subject: [Coral-List] Invitation for Paper Submissions: ICRS
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International Coral Reef Symposium 2012: Invitation for Papers for
Mini-Symposia


We invite submissions for our Mini-Symposium 11e, ?*Interdisciplinary
Analyses of Long-Term Change in Coral Reef Ecosystems?* at the 12th
International Coral Reef Symposium in Cairns 9-13 July 2011. Submissions are
due by *1 October 2011* at www.isrs2012.com/abstracts<http://www.isrs2012.com/abstracts>

This session will focus on marine historical ecology in coral reef
ecosystems, and we invite submissions from a broad array of disciplinary
fields and areas of expertise. Our abstract for our symposium is as follows:

Coral reef ecosystems have been altered by human activities over centuries,
but the ecological and fisheries data used to measure these changes are
typically only available over the last few decades. Therefore, developing
methods to integrate a diversity of data types is essential for accurately
quantifying changes in the abundance and distribution of coral reef
organisms, as well as for clarifying underlying causes of ecological change...
This session will provide a forum for research that takes an
interdisciplinary approach to assessing long-term changes in coral reef
ecosystems. Researchers incorporating a variety of data types, including
historical records, local/traditional ecological knowledge, and
zooarchaeological remains, into assessments of changes in populations of
coral reef organisms over decade- to century-long time scales are encouraged
to participate. This session will synthesize the results of historical
analyses from around the world and the novel insights they provide into
ecological changes in tropical marine environments.

*Symposium Organizers*:

Loren Elizabeth McClenachan, Simon Fraser University; email:
loren.mcclenachan at gmail.com<mailto:loren.mcclenachan at gmail.com>

Dalal Al-Abdulrazzak, University of British Columbia; email:
dabdulrazzak at gmail.com<mailto:dabdulrazzak at gmail.com>

John N. (Jack) Kittinger, Stanford University, Center or Ocean solutions;
email: jkittinger at gmail.com<mailto:jkittinger at gmail.com>


Please contact the symposium organizers with your paper submission for the
session.


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Subject: [Coral-List] Strange predatory snail question
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This might sound a bit strange question for the Coral List forum but....some
time ago I saw in the Blue Planet Series (or was it Planet Earth Series?), a
short video of a marine predatory snail chasing after another snail in a coral
reef.The video was quite striking showing how a fast moving (in snail speed
limits) predatory marine snail run after another much smaller unsuspecting
snail, then launches an attack basically engulfing the unlucky snail  (shell
included) with a "mouth" a tube-like proboscis No escape possible. Does anyone
know what I'm talking about or point me in the right direction to locate the
video clip? Is this behavior also possible in predatory nudibranchs?

Sarah Frias-Torres, Ph.D. Schmidt Ocean Institute Postdoctoral FellowOcean
Research & Conservation Association (ORCA) 1420 Seaway Drive, Fort Pierce,
Florida 34949 USA Tel (772) 467-1600http://www.teamorca.orghttp://independent.academia.edu/SarahFriasTorres<http://www.teamorca.orghttp://independent.academia.edu/SarahFriasTorres>





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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:59:54 -0400
From: Mike Jankulak <mike.jankulak at noaa.gov<mailto:mike.jankulak at noaa.gov>>
Subject: [Coral-List] Science Magazine Live Chat: Saving Coral Reefs
        (corrected URL)
To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov<mailto:coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>
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I am posting this correction on behalf of Dr. Eakin, because a weird
dispute between his email client and our mailing list software is
causing his URL to get mangled.  The correct URL (with one period at the
end, not two) is this:

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/08/live-chat-saving-coral-reefs.html

regards,
Mike J+, c-l moderation team



On 8/30/11 11:59 AM, Dr. C. Mark Eakin wrote:
> Dr. John Bruno from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Dr.
Mark Eakin of NOAA's Coral Reef Watch will be the guests on this week's Live
Chat.
>
> Here's the advertisement of the chat from the Science web site:
> Coral reefs from Australia to the Gulf of Mexico are some of the planet?s most
vibrant ecosystems. They?re also among the most threatened habitats in oceans
today. Over recent decades, a strong community of researchers and concerned
citizens alike has dedicated themselves to investigating the dangers facing
reefs and to developing solutions for their ongoing survival. >From rising ocean
temperatures to overfishing, what are the biggest dangers facing coral reefs
today? What can scientists and the public do to protect these rich habitats? And
how can we restore lost diversity to reefs around the world?
> Join us for a live chat on this page at 3 p.m. EDT on Thursday, 1 September,
to discuss these topics with experts. You can leave your questions in the
comment box below before the chat starts.
>
> The URL for the chat is http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/08/live-chat-saving-coral-reefs..html
>
> Cheers,
> Mark
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> C. Mark Eakin, Ph.D.
> Coordinator, NOAA Coral Reef Watch
> National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
> Center for Satellite Applications and Research
> Satellite Oceanography & Climate Division
> e-mail: mark.eakin at noaa.gov<mailto:mark.eakin at noaa.gov>
> url: coralreefwatch.noaa.gov
>
> E/RA31, SSMC1, Room 5308
> 1335 East West Hwy
> Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226
> Office: 301-713-2857 x109                   Fax: 301-713-3136
> Mobile: 301-502-8608
>
> "Our generation's response to this challenge (of climate change) will be
judged by history, for if we fail to meet it -- boldly, swiftly, and together --
we risk consigning future generations to an irreversible catastrophe."
> Barack Obama, Sep. 22 2009
>
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