[Coral-List] Fwd: new reef species in the Philippines

[Douglas Fenner]

More articles.   Cheers,  Doug

Why some corals swap partners.

http://www.ecomagazine.com/science/why-some-corals-swap-partners.html?utm_campaign=ECO+World+News+1&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Newsletter+Vol.2%2C+Issue+25+June+10%2C+2015

Cunning R, Silverstein RN, Baker AC (2015) Investigating the causes and
consequences of symbiont shuffling in a multi-partner reef coral symbiosis
under environmental change. *Proc R Soc *B doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.1725

http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/282/1809/20141725.abstract

Not open access.  See author address of following article.

Cunning R, Vaughan N, Gillette P, Capo T, Maté J, Baker AC (2015). Dynamic
regulation of partner abundance mediates response of reef coral symbioses
to environmental change. *Ecology *96, 1411-1420, doi: 10.1890/14-0449.1

http://www.esajournals.org/doi/10.1890/14-0449.1

not open access.  Note author's email address.

Silverstein RN, Cunning R, Baker AC (2015) Change in algal symbiont
communities after bleaching, not prior heat exposure, increases heat
tolerance of reef corals. *Global Change Biology *21, 236–249, doi:
10.1111/gcb.12706

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.12706/full

open-access

Marine scientists discover 100 new species in Filipino "Easter egg hunt."

http://news.sciencemag.org/plants-animals/2015/06/marine-scientists-discover-100-new-species-filipino-easter-egg-hunt

open access.  Beautiful photo of one.

-- 
Douglas Fenner
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Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799  USA

phone 1 684 622-7084

"belief in climate change is optional, participation is not."

Much-touted global warming pause never happened.

http://news.sciencemag.org/climate/2015/06/much-touted-global-warming-pause-never-happened

Has global warming taken a rest?  Not so fast, study suggests.  (check out
the graph)

http://www.livescience.com/51094-no-global-warming-hiatus-found.html

Climate change deniers love to talk about a recent "pause" in global
warming.  A new study says it didn't happen.

http://theweek.com/speedreads/558971/climate-change-deniers-love-talk-about-recent-pause-global-warming-new-study-says-didnt-happen


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