[Coral-List] couple more articles on the Amazon reefs in the press

Charles Delbeek cdelbeek at calacademy.org
Mon Apr 25 19:59:56 EDT 2016


Since when is a known reef that has been written about on a couple of
occasions since 1977 a "discovery"?

Sent by my digital assistant, please excuse it's typos.

On Apr 25, 2016, at 8:47 PM, Douglas Fenner <douglasfennertassi at gmail.com>
wrote:

The Atlantic story gives a bit more background:

Scientists have discovered a 600 mile coral reef

http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/04/scientists-discover-a-new-coral-reef-at-the-amazons-mouth/479259/?utm_source=yahoo

Unique coral reef ecosystem discovered in the Amazon river

http://mashable.com/2016/04/23/coral-reef-ecosystem-amazon/#NhazxDKSCSqo

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