[Coral-List] a couple interesting articles

[Douglas Fenner]

McCauley et al. Marine defaunation: Animal loss in the global Ocean.
Science

abstract:   (click on "more" to get the full abstract):

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/347/6219/1255641.full?utm_source=email

The author's email is: douglas.mccauley at lifesci.ucsb.edu

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Insulin-infused venom helps cone snails net prey.

http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2015/01/insulin-infused-venom-helps-cone-snails-net-prey?utm_campaign=email-news-latest&utm_src=email

Open-access, includes link to the original article which is not open-access
(but they list the author's email).

Cheers,  Doug

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