[Coral-List] FW: Pacific Elkhorn coral

[Szmant, Alina]

Hi Paul:

According to the abstract on Systematics and Biodiversity, they have genetics on the samples that show it is not A palmate and closest related to another Pacific species.

Alina

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-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Sammarco [mailto:psammarco at lumcon.edu] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 6:00 PM
To: Szmant, Alina; 'Coral Listserver Listserver'
Subject: RE: [Coral-List] FW: Pacific Elkhorn coral

Dear folks,

I hate to say it, but perhaps - just perhaps - it's introduced.  Food for
thought.  


Best Wishes,

Paul


Paul W. Sammarco, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean (AMLC)

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-----Original Message-----
From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
[mailto:coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov] On Behalf Of Szmant, Alina
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 10:55 AM
To: Coral Listserver Listserver
Subject: [Coral-List] FW: Pacific Elkhorn coral

Hello All:

A friend emailed me the below link which many Caribbean coral biologists may
not have seen.  Very interesting...


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100729091501.htm

Alina Szmant

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Dr. Alina M. Szmant
Professor of Marine Biology
Center for Marine Science and Dept of Biology and Marine Biology
University of North Carolina Wilmington
5600 Marvin Moss Ln
Wilmington NC 28409 USA
tel:  910-962-2362  fax: 910-962-2410  cell: 910-200-3913
http://people.uncw.edu/szmanta
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