[Coral-List] Re: Coral fluorescence

Charles Booth booth at easternct.edu
Thu Aug 11 12:44:23 EDT 2005


Melissa Keyes wrote:
Is there any info out there about what's going on when corals floresce?


Refer to:  Dove, S.G. Et al.  (2001)  Major colour patterns of reef-builing
corals are due to a family of GFP-like proteins.  Coral Reefs  19: 197-204.

Chuck Booth



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> Hello - Reef Protection International (RPI) is seeking high-res (300dpi or
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> Hello Listers,
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> Is there any info out there about what's going on when corals floresce?
>  
> Cheers,
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> Melissa Keyes
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> Melissa,
>  
> A fair bit has been published, but the results are either not definitive,=
>  or vary from case to case. Various hypotheses include photoprotection,=
>  photoassistance to photosynthesis, influence on color of coral (happens,=
>  but not a likely function), or that the fluorescing proteins are there for=
>  a perfectly good reason (as yet unknown) in the life of the animal, but=
>  that reason having nothing to do with the fluorescence. There is a list of=
>  references on fluorescence at a web site that I maintain,=
>  http://www.nightsea.com/references.htm . Some of the listings there have=
>  links to downloadable pdf's.
>  
> Best regards,
>  
> Charles Mazel
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> ---- Message from mailto:<mekvinga at yahoo.com Melissa Keyes=
>  <mekvinga at yahoo.com> at 2005-08-10 10:02:15 ------
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> Hello Listers,
>  
> Is there any info out there about what's going on when corals floresce?=20
>  
> Cheers,
>  
> Melissa Keyes
>  
> St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
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> From: "Nicolas J. Pilcher" <pilcher at tm.net.my>
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Florescing coral
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> Asian Geographic also recently ran a non-scientist but nonetheless useful
> article on corals and fluorescence.
> 
> At 02:14 PM 8/10/2005 -0400, mazel at psicorp.com wrote:
> 
>> Melissa,
>> 
>> A fair bit has been published, but the results are either not definitive,
>> or vary from case to case. Various hypotheses include photoprotection,
>> photoassistance to photosynthesis, influence on color of coral (happens,
>> but not a likely function), or that the fluorescing proteins are there for
>> a perfectly good reason (as yet unknown) in the life of the animal, but
>> that reason having nothing to do with the fluorescence. There is a list of
>> references on fluorescence at a web site that I maintain,
>> http://www.nightsea.com/references.htm . Some of the listings there have
>> links to downloadable pdf's.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> 
>> Charles Mazel
>> 
>> ---- Message from mailto:<mekvinga at yahoo.com Melissa Keyes
>> <mekvinga at yahoo.com> at 2005-08-10 10:02:15 ------
>> 
>> Hello Listers,
>> 
>> Is there any info out there about what's going on when corals floresce?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Melissa Keyes
>> 
>> St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
>> 
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