Subject: [Coral-List] Coral spawning – Colombian Caribbean To: “coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov” <coral-list@coral.aoml.noaa.gov> Message-ID: <1319732013.65166.YahooMailNeo@web45102.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Dear Coral listers (CORALations), ? In the reef areas of Islas del Rosario and Tayrona (Colombia, Southwest Caribbean) Montastraea annularis and M. faveolata spawned on september 18th around 9.40 – 10.20 PM. In Tayrona, Diploria strigosa, spawned on the afternoon […]

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The importance of scientific specimen collections is well-recognized, but there are no large recent collections of corals and the old are not always accessible.? The Smithsonian Institution Web site offers digitized access to its collections but only for the Dana types.? The recent publication of a unique multimedia format in CD with digitized pictures of […]

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Given that the journal /The Professional Geographer/ may not be on your frequent-reading list, I’m writing to draw your attention to a recently published focus section, “Marine Geomorphology as a Determinant for Essential Life Habitat and Marine Protected Area Design <http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rtpg20/current>” (Volume 63, Issue 4), guest edited by William Heyman and Dawn Wright and including […]

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Rina is about 8 miles north of Mexico Rocks and still about 60 miles to the east.  This storm’s path is difficult to predict and all of northern Belize still sits on pins and needles.  Transport between Belize City and San Pedro remains uncertain.

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Coral Reefs DOI: 10.1007/s00338-011-0833-4Online First™ Report Transcriptomic responses to darkness stress point to common coral bleaching mechanisms M. K. DeSalvo, A. Estrada, S. Sunagawa and Mónica Medina Abstract Coral bleaching occurs in response to numerous abiotic stressors, the ecologically most relevant of which is hyperthermic stress due to increasing seawater temperatures. Bleaching events can span […]

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Sea turtle census is underway for 2011, “Year of the Turtle”. Submit all sightings to www.ecomarbelize.org under Submit Report

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