[Coral-List] Indo-Pacific soft coral introduced to Venezuela is invading

Douglas Fenner douglasfennertassi at gmail.com
Tue Jul 20 06:27:03 UTC 2021


"Xenia" is unsurprisingly taking over Venezuelan reefs

https://reefbuilders.com/2021/07/15/xenia-is-unsurprisingly-is-taking-over-venezuelan-reefs/

The invasive octocoral Unomia stolonifera (Alcyonacea, Xeniidae) is
dominating the benthos in the Southeastern Caribbean Sea

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/351854325_The_invasive_octocoral_Unomia_stolonifera_Alcyonacea_Xeniidae_is_dominating_the_benthos_in_the_Southeastern_Caribbean_Sea

This looks like major trouble for the Caribbean  to me.

Cheers, Doug

-- 
Douglas Fenner
Lynker Technologies, LLC, Contractor
NOAA Fisheries Service
Pacific Islands Regional Office
Honolulu
and:
Coral Reef Consulting
PO Box 997390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799-6298  USA

Slashing emissions by 2050 isn't enough.  We can bring down temperature now.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/climate-deadlines-super-pollutants-hfcs-methane/2021/04/15/acb8c612-9d7d-11eb-b7a8-014b14aeb9e4_story.html

Humans have destroyed 97% of earth's ecosystems
(well, more like only 3% are fully intact)
https://a.msn.com/r/2/BB1fH7DT?m=en-us&referrerID=InAppShare

Study: One-third of plant and animal species could be gone in 50 years.
(but 2-4 times worse in tropics)
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-02/uoa-soo021220.php
https://www.pnas.org/content/117/8/4211


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