[Coral-List] acropora alternative opinion

John Ware jware at erols.com
Mon Oct 8 10:16:47 EDT 2007


And keep in mind that progress of reefs towards higher latitudes can be 
constrained by the inability of larvae to cross freshwater outflows from 
rivers.

John

delbeek at waquarium.org wrote:

>buiscuil <pascal.mege at gmail.com> said:
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>>Even IF what the paper tries to make us
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>believe (which is, for those who did not read it, that Acropora will benefit
>from global warming by extending their range northward) were true, is seems
>very unwise to me to stop efforts for global warming limitations. <
>
>I find it interesting that they note that their range may extend northwards
>(what they will grow on is of course another question) they fail to mention
>that their old stomping grounds may get too hot for them to survive.
>Therefore, while they may spread northward, the rear could disappear.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>  
>

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