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Caribbean warms again; corals at risk - World environment- msnbc.com - Apr 25, 2006 msnbc.comElkhorn coral stands like this one near St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, ... Researcher Erinn Muller monitors a health elkhorn coral stand near St. John, ... Canadian researcher helps save endangered coral - Nov 19, 2008 Toronto StarBut rescuing the would-be offspring of elkhorn coral is no easy task. ... The SECORE group hasn't yet succeeded in freezing elkhorn coral eggs or larvae, ... In the Florida Keys, staghorn, elkhorn coral making a comeback - Aug 24, 2009 MiamiHerald.comAfter the discovery of a `farm-raised' coral spawn, researchers have hope of reversing the decline of two reef-building species. BY CURTIS MORGAN ... Bleached, Damaged US Corals First to Qualify as Threatened - Mar 4, 2005 Environment News ServiceDespite ongoing domestic and international conservation efforts, staghorn and elkhorn coral continue to decline and face many threats that are not being ... Scientists try to coax coral into family way - Sep 7, 2005 Pay-Per-View - St. Petersburg Times - ProQuest ArchiverHe's an elkhorn coral, about the size of a fingertip. ... An elkhorn coral like Harold, for instance, grows a couple of inches a year - and that's a fast- ... A Sea Of Threats To Coral Health .Two Species Of Coral Are Considered... - Mar 5, 2007 St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive...ne Laboratory in Sarasota, scuba dives past a cluster of elkhorn coral at Looe Kay are healthy, but the large grey area is dead. ... The Columbus Dispatch - Local/State | The Columbus Dispatch - Oct 3, 2006 Columbus DispatchThen, with no warning, the elkhorn coral comes alive and releases enormous ... Elkhorn coral, however, broadcast huge amounts of sperm and eggs to overcome ... U of A scientist helps create coral sperm bank - Dec 21, 2009 Canada.comSome estimates suggest the Elkhorn coral will be completely gone from the Caribbean by 2020. Attempts to freeze the eggs and larvae did not go as well as ... 'Dire' report on Earth's biodiversity - World environment- msnbc.com - Jul 1, 2009 msnbc.comA bleached elkhorn coral, ill but alive, sits amid other elkhorn coral off St. Croix, Virgin Islands. Bleaching from record hot water in the fall of 2005, ... Animals scramble as the climate warms ; Shrinking habitats have... - May 31, 2006 Pay-Per-View - USA TODAY - ProQuest Archiver...are major factors in the loss of 97% of staghorn and elkhorn coral in southern Florida and the Caribbean. [Lara Hansen] of the World Wildlife Fund says ... … National Zoo scientists raise elkhorn coral larvae for reintroducti... - Jul 1, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Endangered Species Update - HighBeam ResearchSmithsonian National Zoo scientists raise elkhorn coral larvae for reintroduction.(News From Zoos)(Brief article) ... find Endangered Species Update ... … Service has announced a decision to list elkhorn coral and staghorn... - Jul 1, 2006 Free with registration - National Fisherman - AccessMyLibrary.comNOAA Fisheries Service has announced a decision to list elkhorn coral and staghorn coral as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act. This will be the ... Fast-growing coral may help reefs survive global warming - Mar 13, 2008 Mongabay.comKen Johnson of the Natural History Museum in London and colleagues found that staghorn and elkhorn coral — species that grow 10 times faster than other ... Florida's coral reefs face a sea of threats - Mar 11, 2007 $2.95 - Ocala Star-Banner - NewsBankElkhorn coral, such as this outcropping at Looe Key Reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, are under stress from environmental factors ... Canadian helping to save coral species - Nov 20, 2008 Times and TranscriptAcker, a specialist in medical cryopreservation at the University of Alberta, is part of an international effort to safeguard elkhorn coral, one of the ... Funding Will Help Restore Threatened Coral Reefs - Jul 1, 2009 BarnacleOnce abundant and productive marine habitat builders in Florida and the Caribbean, staghorn coral and elkhorn coral suffered severe population declines due ... … now 'threatened' species: Staghorn and elkhorn coral officially... - Jun 14, 2006 Free with registration - Florida Keys Keynoter - AccessMyLibrary.comJun. 14--"Today marks the effective date for the listing," Sarah Heberling, a natural-resource specialist with the Protected Species Division of the ... Global Warming Endangers Significant Coral Species - Mar 7, 2005 allamericanpatriots.com..."The Bush administration proposal to list the staghorn and elkhorn coral under the Endangered Species Act is an admission of a failure of its global warming ... Smithsonian scientists working to save microscopic threatened species - Sep 27, 2007 Science CentricIn the Caribbean populations of the massive Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmate), which historically have been the primary and most ecologically important ... Evidence of short-term changes in sea level found in coral record - Apr 13, 2005 PsychCentral.comIn 2002, Thompson and Goldstein went to the Caribbean island of Barbados to collect fossils of the coral Acropora palmata, or elkhorn coral, from reefs ... … ' species: Staghorn and elkhorn coral officially became “threatened... - Jun 10, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Florida Keys Keynoter - Factiva, from Dow JonesBy Kevin Wadlow, Florida Keys Keynoter, Marathon. Jun. 10--"Today marks the effective date for the listing," Sarah Heberling, a natural-resource specialist ... On World Oceans Day Florida's chief reef-builders merit focus - Jun 8, 2006 $2.95 - Daytona Beach News-Journal - NewsBankOf the remaining coral species living in relatively shallow Florida waters, two are the major reef builders: the spiny elkhorn coral and staghorn coral. ... National Zoo Creates Frozen Coral Repository - Nov 10, 2009 WJZThe zoo also is working to grow Elkhorn coral in captivity that could be reintroduced to the wild. Coral reefs are prime ocean nurseries and feeding grounds ... Saving Microscopic Threatened Species Through Artificial Insemination - Jan 17, 2008 RedOrbitIn the Caribbean, populations of the massive Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmate), which historically have been the primary and most ecologically important ... Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands Newspaper, A Pulitzer Prize Winning … - May 8, 2006 Virgin Islands Daily NewsHillis-Starr saw whiteband disease take elkhorn coral from a rate of 80 percent living to less than 2 percent living around Buck Island National Monument in ... Sea Level More Variable Than Previously Thought - Apr 29, 2005 sciencedaily.comIn 2002, Thompson and Goldstein went to the Caribbean island of Barbados to collect fossils of the coral Acropora palmata, or elkhorn coral, from reefs ... Caribbean Coral Death Pictures from June 7, 2007 | HighBeam Research … - Jun 7, 2007 Pay-Per-View - AP Images - HighBeam ResearchIn this photo released by Conservation International, an Elkhorn coral, or Acropora palmata, with ... study released June 7, 2007 by the U.S. based ... Federal Register 2005 - 70 FR 24359 Endangered and Threatened … - May 9, 2005 Pay-Per-View - Federal Register 2005 - Loislaw70 FR 24359 Endangered and Threatened Species; Proposed Threatened Status for Elkhorn Coral and Staghorn Coral 50 CFR Part 223 May 9, 2005 [Docket No. ... Federal Register 2008 - 73 FR 6895 Endangered and Threatened … - Feb 6, 2008 Pay-Per-View - Federal Register 2008 - LoislawElkhorn coral commonly grows in turbulent shallow water on the seaward face of ... Elkhorn coral is the larger species of Acropora found in the Atlantic. ... US CORAL REEF TASK FORCE ANNOUNCES NEW CONSERVATION … - May 4, 2006 Pay-Per-View - US Fed News - Factiva, from Dow JonesElkhorn coral bleached for the first time on record in the US Virgin Islands. Bleaching led directly to the death of many colonies. ... Federal Register 2008 - 73 FR 72210 Endangered and Threatened … - Nov 26, 2008 Pay-Per-View - Federal Register 2008 - LoislawElkhorn coral commonly grows in turbulent shallow water on the seaward face of ... Elkhorn coral is the larger species of Acropora found in the Atlantic. ... Guantanamo's Wild Side: Huge Boas, "Banana Rats," More - Jan 23, 2010 National GeographicBiologist Craig Downs researches elkhorn coral at the naval base. The species, listed as critically endangered by the IUCN, is dying all over the ... Caribbean, Gulf spared widespread coral damage - Nov 6, 2009 CBC.caEgg-sperm bundles, like tiny balls of snow, are spewed into the Caribbean off the coast of Puerto Rico during August spawning of elkhorn coral. ... … Wildlife and Plants; 12-Month Finding on a Petition To List Elkhorn... - Mar 18, 2005 Pay-Per-View - Federal Register - Factiva, from Dow JonesSUMMARY: NMFS announces a 12-month finding on a petition to add the elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata), staghorn coral (A. cervicornis), and fused-staghorn ... Federal Register 2007 - 72 FR 16284 Endangered and Threatened … - Apr 4, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Federal Register 2007 - LoislawThe elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) and staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) listing is applicable as of June 8, 2006. The Southern Resident killer whale ... Coral Is Dying. Can It Be Reborn? - May 1, 2007 New York TimesFor example, staghorn and elkhorn coral are vulnerable to so-called white-band disease, in which coral tissue mysteriously decays. The disease, which struck ... German businessman smuggled coral into US from Philippines - Oct 16, 2009 Christian Science MonitorElkhorn Coral grows on the Looe Key Reef, in the Looe Key Marine Sanctuary in the Florida Keys. By Warren Richey Staff writer / October 16, 2009 ... Students delve into science - Jan 28, 2007 News-Press - The News-Press..."I wanted to go make sure what happened to Key West — 85 percent of the elkhorn coral is dead — didn't happen out there." ... Warming Waters Put Florida Coral on 'Threatened' List - May 5, 2006 ABC NewsFor the first time ever recorded, nearly half of the elkhorn coral surveyed in the US Virgin Islands underwent bleaching. Thirteen percent of the colonies ... PHOTOS: Ten US Species Feeling Global Warming's Heat - Jan 19, 2010 National GeographicListed as critically endangered by IUCN, elkhorn coral once formed the backbone of many Caribbean coral reefs. But over the past 30 years these corals they ... Federal Protection of Coral Habitat Draws Lawsuit Threat - Dec 1, 2008 Environment News ServiceElkhorn coral and staghorn coral, which were listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 2006, were the first species protected under the ... Growing Coral at Zoo - Aug 19, 2009 Washington PostHenley works with elkhorn coral, a hard, antlerlike coral covered with thousands of living polyps. Once a year, just after the first full moon in August, ... What Happens to Animals during Hurricanes? - Feb 1, 2006 Free with registration - Science Scope - AccessMyLibrary.comAn assessment of Elkhorn coral conducted in Puerto Rico indicated that hurricanes ... Consequently, Elkhorn coral was added to the Endangered Species Act ... • The Heat Is On The Heat Is On - May 13, 2008 Washington PostOnly two species -- elkhorn coral and staghorn coral in the Caribbean Sea -- have gotten Endangered Species Act protection because of global warming. ... Loislaw Federal District Court Opinions - CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL … - Aug 10, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Loislaw Federal District Court Opinions - LoislawI. BACKGROUND The Center submitted a formal administrative petition to NMFS on March 3, 2004, seeking to protect Elkhorn Coral, Staghorn Coral, ... Coral . - Sep 7, 2005 St. Petersburg Times - Google News ArchiveMiller had some bad news fo They had only collected a measly 2000 elkhorn coral spawn from the Keys reef . So the team decided to switch gears and introduce ... Corals Are Animals, Too; It May Not Seem Like It, but These Threatened... - Aug 19, 2009 Pay-Per-View - Washington Post - HighBeam ResearchHenley works with elkhorn coral, a hard, antlerlike coral covered with thousands ... in August, elkhorn corals release bundles of sperm ... you all about it ... The Good, the Bad, and the Smelly: USGS at the 2008 Coral Reef … - Jul 9, 2008 webwire.com...most important reef-building corals in the US Virgin Islands -- Acropora palmata (elkhorn coral) and Montastraea annularis (star coral) complex (Macx). ... A sea of threats to coral health Two species of coral are considered ... - Mar 5, 2007 St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive...ne Laboratory in Sarasota, scuba dives past a cluster of elkhorn coral at Looe Key are healthy, but the large grey area is dead. ... Mass Coral Die-Off Feared as Caribbean Hits Temperature High Two … - Jul 4, 2006 FOXNewsA record 9 percent of elkhorn coral — vital for reef building — died last year around the US Virgin Islands and much more was damaged. ... Growing Coral at Zoo | Article from The Washington Post | HighBeam … - Aug 19, 2009 Pay-Per-View - Washington Post - HighBeam ResearchHenley works with elkhorn coral, a hard, antlerlike coral covered with thousands of living polyps. Once a year, just after the first full moon in August, ... Their find: splendor on the sea floor - Jan 2, 2005 sptimes.com...corals," such as brain coral, but there are also elkhorn and staghorn corals, although in recent decades, staghorn and elkhorn coral have died off. ... Global Warming Threatens Caribbean Corals - Jul 6, 2006 E/The Environmental MagazineElkhorn coral, considered vital for reef building, was particularly hard-hit, ... Under normal conditions, elkhorn coral grows eight inches a year. ... A sea of threats to coral health Two species of coral are considered ... - Mar 5, 2007 St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive...a at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, scuba dives past a cluster of elkhorn coral at Looe Key The brown areas of the coral are healthy, but the large ... A shore thing in Bonaire - Apr 21, 2008 msnbc.comConservation hadn't come calling in the Caribbean yet; divers slung spearguns and snapped off elkhorn coral souvenirs. But Captain Don had fallen hard for ... Forest of staghorn coral thrives - Aug 30, 2009 MiamiHerald.comBanks said researchers recently found a few young colonies of elkhorn coral -- also a threatened species -- off Broward, but ``it's too early to tell about ... Rising Ocean Temperatures Threaten Florida's Coral Reef - May 22, 2006 New York TimesElkhorn coral off Key Largo, Fla., was added to the endangered species list. David Lackland, a biologist, caring for coral in a laboratory. ... Professor a voyeur when coral spawns - Aug 1, 2005 Pay-Per-View - News & Observer - Factiva, from Dow Jones22 to 24 for elkhorn coral and about Aug. 25 to 26 for mountainous star coral. Szmant leaves this week for the Florida Keys and, later, Puerto Rico, ... BIODIVERSITY: A Third of Corals Face Extinction - Dec 21, 2009 Inter Press ServiceThe Caribbean region has the highest number of highly threatened corals (endangered and critically endangered), including the iconic elkhorn coral (Acropora ... A Move to Save Coral Reefs - Jun 5, 2006 New York TimesLast fall, record amounts of bleaching occurred in the Caribbean, killing at least 8 percent of the elkhorn coral colonies off the Virgin Islands. ... Taking the plunge; dive school the ultimate learning vacation - Dec 7, 2008 Pay-Per-View - Toronto Star - ProQuest ArchiverThere are shallow and deep parts to the barrier reef; each depth loaded with colonies of elkhorn coral, clusters of huge brain coral, waving sea fans, ... Humans have wrecked coral reefs in 30 years - Jun 21, 2006 New ScientistThe fossil record shows that the reefs had been dominated by a large branching species called Elkhorn coral as recently as a century ago. ... SPECIES WATCH; Coral; Reefs | Article from The Milwaukee Journal … - Apr 2, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - HighBeam ResearchThere are more than 700 species of hermatypic (reef-building) coral, such as brain, star, starlet and elkhorn coral. Corals are part of a group of animals ... Endangered and Threatened Species; Revision of Species of Concern … - Oct 17, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Federal Register - Factiva, from Dow JonesLower Columbia River coho salmon evolutionarily significant unit (ESU) (Oncorhynchus kisutch), elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata), and staghorn coral ... An 'underwater holocaust' strikes Caribbean Unprecedented loss of... - Mar 31, 2006 Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Google News ArchiveA bleached elkhorn coral, ill but alive, appears in the foreground of this photo taken in St. Croix. By SETH BORENSTEIN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS . ... Standard of Accuracy . - Sep 7, 2005 St. Petersburg Times - Google News ArchiveThey named him Harold He's an elkhorn coral, about tinize of a fingertip. Right now he's kind of yellowish, but his color will ripen a vibrant hue if he ... It's our sea to save, in all its still living color - Dec 6, 2009 Boston GlobeStands of golden elkhorn coral that rose from the sandy bottoms of the bay are a clump of rubble now. The combination of runoff from development, ... Local News: West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Martin & St. Lucie … - Nov 18, 2008 Palm Beach PostIt is also home to staghorn and elkhorn coral, which are threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The damaged site is about a mile offshore in ... Milwaukee Journal Sentinel : SPECIES WATCH - <br>Coral<br>Reefs - Apr 2, 2007 $2.95 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - NewsBankThere are more than 700 species of hermatypic (reef-building) coral, such as brain, star, starlet and elkhorn coral. Corals are part of a group of animals ... Article: Saving coral reefs - International Herald Tribune | HighBeam... - Jun 6, 2006 Pay-Per-View - International Herald Tribune - HighBeam ResearchLast autumn, record amounts of bleaching occurred in the Caribbean, killing at least 8 percent of the elkhorn coral colonies off the Virgin Islands. ... Warmth threatens reefs - Apr 22, 2006 Deseret NewsA record 9 percent of elkhorn coral — vital for reef building — died last year and much more was damaged, Rogers said. Growing some eight inches a year, ... THE NATION; A Micro-Step Toward Reef Restoration; Researchers are … - Oct 5, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Los Angeles Times - ProQuest Archiver...she and her team ventured out by motorboat in the dead of night in late August, the brief nocturnal spawning season for the endangered elkhorn coral. ... Florida's endangered coral Dumping, overfishing, 'bleaching' among … - Jun 12, 2005 $2.95 - Daytona Beach News-Journal - NewsBankThey need our help to do their amazing work. An effort is under way to designate elkhorn coral, above, and staghorn coral as endangered species. AP file. Is it all over for corals? - Jul 12, 2008 Deep-Sea NewsThe most dramatic reef builder in the Caribbean, elkhorn coral Acropora palmata, is already endangered; but in some places, like Jamaica, there is hope. ... IF YOU GO - Sep 19, 2009 Minneapolis Star-Tribune - Minneapolis Star TribuneI knew what I was looking at: The purplish, swaying thingies were sea fans; the orange-ish, treelike doodads were elkhorn coral, etc. ... Tar Heels Tops; Gators Victorious . - Mar 5, 2007 St. Petersburg Times - Google News ArchiveSnapper, goatfish and grunts darting into thickets of the darker colored elkhorn coral to escape predators like barracudas. Other fish finding refuge by ... CORAL REEFS NEED MORE PROTECTION - May 16, 2005 $2.95 - Miami Herald - NewsBankA new study of Keys elkhorn coral by the Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences found that the larvae the Keys elkhorn produce to establish new ... Scientists Work To Protect Cuba's Unspoiled Reefs - Dec 8, 2009 NPRJust one example in the Cuban waters he explored,: huge, glowing formations of elkhorn coral, a species he says has died off in the Florida Keys. ... Federal rule essential to preserve reefs Protections for Florida's 2... - Oct 30, 2008 $2.95 - Daytona Beach News-Journal - NewsBankResearchers estimated the yearly loss of elkhorn coral cover in the Caribbean at 8 percent in 2005. The following year the US government granted threatened ... Scientists Try To Restore Reefs - Mar 31, 2007 Pay-Per-View - Tampa Tribune - ProQuest ArchiverPhoto: Coral specimens are grown at the Coral Farm at The Florida Aquarium in Tampa, including this Elkhorn coral. Photo: Ryan Czaja, husbandry supervisor ... Scientists breed coral in effort to restore reefs - Oct 10, 2006 Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive...she and her team ventured out by motorboat in the dead of night in late August, the brief nocturnal spawning season for the en dangered elkhorn coral. ... Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan - Dec 24, 2009 Daily TimesA record 9 percent of elkhorn coral — vital for reef building — died last year and much more was damaged, Rogers said. Growing some eight inches a year, ... Scientists breed coral in effort to restore reefs - Oct 10, 2006 Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive...she and her team ventured out by motorboat in the dead of night in late August, the brief nocturnal spawning season for the en dangered elkhorn coral. ... Caribbean temperatures bad news for coral reefs . - Jul 4, 2006 Herald-Tribune - Google News ArchiveA record 9 percent of elkhorn coral vital— for reef building died last year and much— more was damaged, Rogers said. Elkhorn is one of the faster-growing ... Scientists breed coral in effort to restore reefs - Oct 10, 2006 Herald-Tribune - Google News Archive...she and her team ventured out by motorboat in the dead of night in late August, the brief nocturnal spawning season for the en dangered elkhorn coral. ... Corals May Be Named Endangered Species . - Mar 21, 2005 Reading Eagle - Google News Archive...up with rising water levels expected to accompany climate change Depending on the water temperature in which they live, elkhorn coral can grow up to 6 . ... Animals scramble as climate warms - May 30, 2006 USA TODAY - USA Today...both attributed to climate change by some scientists, are major factors in the loss of 97% of staghorn and elkhorn coral in southern Florida and the ... PALM BEACH COUNTY: Precious reef in Palm Beach County severely … - Nov 24, 2008 $2.95 - Miami Herald - NewsBankIt is also home to staghorn and elkhorn coral, which are threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The damaged site is about a mile offshore in ... An 'underwater holocaust' strikes Caribbean Tl Unprecedented loss of ... - Mar 31, 2006 Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Google News ArchiveA bleached elkhorn coral, ill but alive, appears In the foreground of this photo taken in St. Croix. By SETH BORENSTEIN . THE ASSOCIATED PRESS . ... An 'underwater holocaust' strikes Caribbean Unprecedented loss of... - Mar 31, 2006 Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Google News ArchiveA bleached elkhorn coral, but alive, appears In the foreground of this photo taken in St. Croix. By SETH BORENSTEIN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS . ... Preserve US national parks - Sep 24, 2009 Christian Science MonitorCO2 levels are contributing to major "bleaching" and die-offs of staghorn and elkhorn coral reefs in the Virgin Islands National Park and elsewhere. ... Research effort aims to restore reefs Scientists cultivate coral... - Oct 10, 2006 Herald-Tribune - Google News ArchiveThis elkhorn coral is mostly bleached because of unusually hot Caribbean waters. The white areas are alive but unhealthy; discolored edges are dead . ... Research effort aims to restore reefs Scientists cultivate coral... - Oct 10, 2006 Herald-Tribune - Google News ArchiveThis elkhorn coral is mostly bleached because of unusually hot Caribbean waters. The white areas are alive but unhealthy; discolored edges are dead. ... REEF RESCUE CITES NEW SHIELD FOR CORAL IN TRY TO REVIVE … - Jun 8, 2006 Pay-Per-View - Palm Beach Post - NewsBankAlong with Elkhorn coral they were added to the list last month. Reef Rescue, which began as a group of weekend divers, has monitored the reef since ... Wyland Paints To Save The Ocean - Mar 21, 2007 CBS NewsAs he swam, Wyland took pictures of brain coral, elkhorn coral, clouds of yellow fish and a wounded shark drawing its last breath. ... Green Resort Has Sea, Palms, Waste-Water Plant: Mike Di Paola - Jan 2, 2008 BloombergIt also showcases the importance of the reef, particularly the threatened elkhorn coral, which has declined drastically since 1980 due to pollution and ... PLEASE, NO: DRILLING WOULD BE REEF MADNESS - Sep 21, 2008 Pay-Per-View - St. Petersburg Times - ProQuest ArchiverI've been thinking about this elkhorn coral a lot lately. I photographed it this summer on a snorkeling trip with friends and family at the Looe Key ... Caribbean offers intrepid snorkellers a watery wonderland - Oct 26, 2009 Toronto Star...sand at Playa Esmeralda is an underwater landscape teeming with parrotfish, grouper, angelfish, blue tangs, elkhorn coral, purple and yellow sea fans. ... Warmer waters are putting coral at risk Reefs, which provide a vital... - Apr 22, 2006 Ocala Star-Banner - Google News ArchiveA record 9 percent of elkhorn coral vital for reef building - died last year and much more was damaged, Rogers said Scientists haven't pinpointed what ... REEFS AT RISK IN SOUTH FLORIDA EXPERTS HOPE NEW … - Jun 22, 2006 Pay-Per-View - South Florida Sun - Sentinel - ProQuest ArchiverScientists also have called for a ban on the sale of dead staghorn and elkhorn coral. While commerce in corals taken before they were protected is legal, ... NMFS Reviews Reef-Building Coral Habitat - Jul 31, 2009 Courthouse News ServiceElkhorn coral colonies can spread fast, and are important in building new reef environments for species such as parrotfish, lobster, and snapper, Group Sues Feds for Slow Action on Species and Warming - Jan 28, 2009 EP Magazine,..."It is pushing hundreds of species, including the polar bear, walrus, black abalone, elkhorn coral, staghorn coral, American pika, Sonoran pronghorn, The Why Files | - Feb 5, 2009 Why FilesThis elkhorn coral, photographed in the Bahamas, is part of a coral reef, a hotbed of oceanic evolution and biodiversity. In biology, "evolution" typically Corals to get more protection - Nov 5, 2008 KeysNet,By KEVIN WADLOW By KEVIN WADLOW Colonies of branching elkhorn coral, like this one in Key Largo, once were a common sight on the Florida Keys reef but have Part 1. Coral Reefs: A Whirlwind Tour of an Underwater World - Oct 23, 2008 Anguilla LNT,In Anguilla’s waters, many of the giant elkhorn coral that used to help make up the reefs were broken after severe hurricanes in the 1990s. Explorers Club Flag Expedition creates world's first underwater ... - Sep 3, 2008 Bahama Islands Info,..."We’re mapping not just the habitats, but also some of the important species - like Elkhorn Coral for example. This will allow the managers to know that we Growing number of aquariums open tanks to divers - Aug 30, 2008 Newsday,If you are looking for green morays, you look under the ledges, you look under the elkhorn coral," Coy said. The guest divers also tend to attract a crowd Scuba Diving Is an Exciting Sport That Opens Up a Whole Underwater ... - Aug 5, 2008 Voice of AmericaMany kinds of fish swim in and out of the brain coral, elkhorn coral and sea fans, which wave gently with the current. Back on the boat, we asked Tito A shore thing in Bonaire - Apr 21, 2008 MSNBCConservation hadn’t come calling in the Caribbean yet; divers slung spearguns and snapped off elkhorn coral souvenirs. But Captain Don had fallen hard for St. Croix Travel: The Island's Best Day Trip - Apr 8, 2008 JauntedOnce there, you'll be treated to one of the most diverse underwater ecosystems anywhere in the Virgin Islands: Elkhorn coral formations, deep grottos, Anyone for a 'God' gene? - Mar 31, 2008 Trinidad & Tobago Express,The elkhorn coral, growing just below strong breakers on the fore reef, may have few massive thickened branches while colonies in the back reef may have UD researchers help kick off International Year of the Reef - Feb 7, 2008 University of Delaware,Elkhorn coral can be found throughout the Caribbean and in southern Florida. The image used with this story are courtesy of NOAA and “Bonaire 2008: Coral Reefs (History - Caribbean Sea - Jan 29, 2008 CO2 Science Magazine,Pandolfi's data also revealed that the most prominent of these species -- the Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) -- typically comprised approximately 80% of UM biologist works to help reefs survive global warming - Feb 5, 2008 MiamiHerald.com,BY CURTIS MORGAN Andrew Baker of UM's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science holds a specimen of Elkhorn coral. For the better part of a decade Reef off Lantana beach threatened by silt - Feb 2, 2008 Palm Beach Post,The reefs off the Lantana beaches are especially sensitive because they provide habitat for Staghorn and Elkhorn coral, the first corals to be listed as Scientists try to save coral micro species - Sep 27, 2007 Science Daily (press release)The Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo recently acquired 12000 microscopic Elkhorn coral larvae harvested by zoo scientists as part of an international Saving Microscopic Threatened Species - Sep 26, 2007 Science Daily (press release)Science Daily — The Smithsonian's National Zoo recently acquired 12000 new animals--microscopic Elkhorn coral larvae harvested by National Zoo scientists in US 1 and the Keys to a great Florida vacation - Oct 20, 2007 The Oregonian - OregonLive.com,The dock pilings, in water 3 to 10 feet deep, have become an artificial reef with brain coral, purple sea fans and antlerlike branches of elkhorn coral. When Moonbeams Kiss the Sea - Oct 18, 2007 Science Now,She hopes the discovery will provide clues about whether the inability of some elkhorn coral in the Caribbean to spawn en masse is natural or a consequence Breeding Under the Microscope (and Under Water) - Sep 27, 2007 Plenty Magazine,Meanwhile, in the US, scientists working for the National Zoo have been collecting Elkhorn coral gametes, freezing some of them with a technique called Top 100 Ways Global Warming Will Change Your Life - Sep 29, 2007 AlterNet,The elkhorn coral which used to line the floor of the Caribbean are nearly gone, "victims of pollution, warmer water and acidification from the greenhouse Seashells incorporate nature into home design - Aug 2, 2007 White Plains Journal News,Coral, however, is an endangered species, so ceramics, metals and plastics are used to mimic the branches of elkhorn coral, then used as accessories. An Underwater Universe - Jul 23, 2007 St. John Tradewinds,...“We started taking photos for research, mostly of the elkhorn coral, because it was a threatened species in May 2006,â€? said Rogers. Scientists Issue Strongest Coral Warning Sep 26, 2006 This 2006 handout file photo, provided by the US Geological Survey, shows a bleached elkhorn coral near St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. ... - WTOP, Caribbean coral suffers record bleaching, death 31 Mar 2006 ...has recently died. Elkhorn coral near the US Virgin Islands fell victim to usually warm waters in the Caribbean. The white areas ... Austin American-Statesman (subscription), Rising sea levels threaten coral reefs Mar 6, 2006 ...water. Almost all of the Keys' elkhorn coral is lost, said Lapointe, who is also reporting on his latest findings at the meeting. ... Honolulu Star-Bulletin, [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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