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		<title>Coral-list:  Scott Woolridge: A new explanation for the how? and why? of coral calcification</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scott Wooldridge S.Wooldridge@aims.gov.au via coral.aoml.noaa.gov 6:40 AM (3 hours ago) Thursday, May 2, 2013 to coral-list For both the geologist and biologist alike, the extending dimension of coral skeletal growth (i.e. skeletal extension) is often considered a good indicator of the efficient functioning of the coral-algae symbiosis. In a new manuscript in Biogeosciences I outline [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Common Dreams: Health groups call for urgent action to address health risks from coal and coal seam gas</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/02/21-0 Please find attached and below an overview of the outcomes of the Health and Energy Policy Roundtable and Workshop in Canberra last week. You will see there has been a decision to form a new collaborative network of health groups to work together to raise awareness of the health implication of current energy and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CNews-Canada:  Damning new study links toxin increase directly to oil sands</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Environment/2013/01/07/20478186.html By Jessica Hume, Parliamentary Bureau The Athabasca river runs through the city of Fort McMurray, Alta., in this file photo. REUTERS/Todd Korol OTTAWA &#8211; A new study suggests aquatic toxins close to the Athabasca River have increased dramatically and simultaneously with oilsands development there, contradicting earlier government assertions the contamination was naturally occurring. Calling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Science Magazine: Coral Reefs Could Be Decimated by 2100</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/12/coral-reefs-could-be-decimated-b.html by Eli Kintisch on 20 December 2012, 1:15 PM &#124; 1 Comment Barrier falling. Oceanographers have blamed bleaching of Porites coral from Australia&#8217;s Great Barrier Reef on warming water temperatures, ocean acidification, and pollution. Credit: Louis Wray/Creative Commons Nearly every coral reef could be dying by 2100 if current carbon dioxide emission trends continue, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conservation Letters: Long-term trends of coral imports into the United States indicate future opportunities for ecosystem and societal benefits by Andrew L. Rhyne, Michael F. Tlusty, Les Kaufman</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Article first published online: 26 JUL 2012 DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00265.x Volume 5, Issue 6, pages 478–485, December 2012 Keywords: Aquarium trade; coral trade; curio trade; coral triangle; marine policy Author Information 1 New England Aquarium, John H. Prescott Marine Laboratory, Boston, MA, USA 2 Roger Williams University, Department of Biology and Marine Biology, Bristol, RI, USA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summit County Voice: Environment: Traces of Deepwater Horizon oil cause deformities, swimming deficiencies in Gulf fish</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://summitcountyvoice.com/2012/12/10/environment-traces-of-deepwater-horizon-oil-causes-deformities-swimming-deficencies-in-gulf-fish/ Posted on December 10, 2012 by Bob Berwyn An explosion and subsequent fire on BP&#8217;s Deepwater Horizon drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico led to the biggest oil spill on recornd in U.S. coastal waters. Photo courtesy U.S. Coast Guard. Study shows that sunlight intensifies the impacts of PAHs By Summit Voice FRISCO [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coral-list: Coral  Thermal Tolerance: Tuning Gene Expression to Resist Thermal Stress by Bellatuono, Granados-Cifuentes, Miller, Hoegh-Guldberg and Rodriguez-Lanetty</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new publication from our group has been recently published online, which you might find of interest. *&#8221;Coral Thermal Tolerance: Tuning Gene Expression to Resist Thermal Stress&#8221;* Anthony J. Bellantuono, Camila Granados-Cifuentes, David J. Miller, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Mauricio Rodriguez-Lanetty* PLoS ONE: Research Article, published 30 Nov 2012. 10.1371/journal.pone.0050685 Abstract Top The acclimatization capacity of corals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MSNBC:  Dispersant makes oil from spills 52 times more toxic &amp; Environmental Pollution: Synergistic toxicity of Macondo crude oil and dispersant Corexit 9500A® to the Brachionus plicatilis species complex (Rotifera)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/50032789/ns/technology_and_science-science/#.ULoviN3c3X8 As in 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster, it makes petroleum less visible, but much more harmful This is important: I don&#8217;t think Corexit should EVER be used again in U.S. ocean waters. DV By Douglas Main updated 11/30/2012 6:46:08 PM ET For microscopic animals living in the Gulf of Mexico, even worse than the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems Program &#8212; Smithsonian Marine Station Belize 2012 Annual Report</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems (CCRE) Program is a long term field study dedicated to investigations of coral reefs and associated mangroves, seagrass meadows, and sandy bottoms. Field operations are based at the Carrie Bow Cay Field Station on the Meso-American Barrier Reef in Belize, while logistical and administrative operations are based at the Smithsonian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nature Climate Change &#124; Letter :  Nutrient enrichment can increase the susceptibility of reef corals to bleaching</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate1661.html Similar to findings of Dr. James Cervino about ten years ago, yet we are still debating the human impacts that trigger climate change instead of implementing policies to address them. DV Jörg Wiedenmann, Cecilia D’Angelo, Edward G. Smith, Alan N. Hunt, François-Eric Legiret, Anthony D. Postle &#038; Eric P. Achterberg Nature Climate Change (2012) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Theconversation.edu.au: Crown of Thorns is a symptom of reef decline: let’s address the cause</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://theconversation.edu.au/crown-of-thorns-is-a-symptom-of-reef-decline-lets-address-the-cause-9932 3 October 2012, 2.39pm AEST A recent report on coral loss from the Great Barrier Reef has pointed the finger at cyclones and Crown of Thorns starfish. The real culprit is human activity, and until we reduce port activity and pollution, coral will be unable to bounce back. Three recent studies, published in 2004, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ocean Foundation: Deadly Serious: Acid Oceans and What We Must Do</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.oceanfdn.org/blog/?p=1159 by Mark J. Spalding, President of The Ocean Foundation A magnified image of the coccolithophore, Gephyrocapsa oceanica Kamptner. Coccolithophores are single-celled algae, protists, and phytoplankton and considered especially vulnerable to ocean acidification due to their calcium carbonate shells. (Image: Gephyrocapsa oceanica Kamptner from Mie Prefecture, Japan. SEM:JEOL JSM-6330F. Scale bar = 1.0 micron. Licensed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ocean Foundation: Ignorance is Not Bliss: New Study on the Status of Unassessed Fish Stocks Underscores Global Threat Posed By Overfishing</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.oceanfdn.org/blog/?p=1143 Date: October 4, 2012 5:53:29 PM EDT by Kenneth Stump, Ocean Policy Fellow at The Ocean Foundation Photo courtesy of John Surrick-Chesapeake Bay Foundation/Marine Photobank Overfishing (and the use of destructive fishing gear) is often cited as one of the two greatest threats to animals in the ocean. Overfishing occurs when a fishery removes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summit Voice: Environment: Excess nutrients speed up ocean acidification</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted on October 7, 2012 by Bob Berwyn Shellfish are expected to be hit hard by ocean acidification in the coming decades. Bob Berwyn photo. CO2 from decaying algae blooms adds to ocean woes By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — Runoff from agricultural and urban areas is speeding up ocean acidification in some coastal areas, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reuters: Storms to Starfish: Great Barrier Reef is rapidly losing coral; coral cover could fall to ~5% in the next decade</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/01/australia-reef-idUSL3E8L14K220121001 _______________________________________________ Storms to starfish: Great Barrier Reef faces rapid coral loss-study Mon Oct 1, 2012 2:59pm EDT * Great Barrier Reef suffers unprecedented coral loss * Study says storms, starfish, bleaching cause most damage * Risk of rapid decline unless world adopts tough CO2 goals By David Fogarty SINGAPORE, Oct 2 (Reuters) &#8211; The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientists Uncover Hotbed of Marine Life in New Caledonia&#8217;s Reefs; Coextinction of reefs exhibited</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au/index.php?option=com_content&#038;Itemid=172&#038;catid=177&#038;id=431&#038;view=article 4 September 2012 South Australian Museum parasite expert Ian Whittington is one of several international scientists whose study in New Caledonia is today published in the journal Aquatic Biosystems. New Caledonia is home to the biggest coral reef lagoon and the second biggest coral reef on the planet. Coral reefs, essential to the world&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coral-list: Terry Hughes provides Summary of Outcomes for 12th International Coral Reef Symposium</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 4-page summary of outcomes of the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium is now online at: http://www.icrs2012.com/Downloads/ICRS2012_Outcomes_Report.PDF. The Symposium website will remain operational indefinitely. Here are some useful direct links: http://www.icrs2012.com/Proceedings.htm http://www.icrs2012.com/Downloads/ICRS2012_Book_of_Abstracts.pdf, 1500 talk and poster abstracts http://www.icrs2012.com/ePosters.htm, uploaded posters http://www.icrs2012.com/Default.htm, videos of all the 12ICRS Plenary talks and the Darwin Medal address http://www.icrs2012.com/Program/PhotographicCompetition.html, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Huffington Post:  Climate Change: Coral Reefs Expected To Suffer Greatly, Study Finds</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/16/climate-change-coral-reefs_n_1888288.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003 Reuters &#124; Posted: 09/16/2012 1:00 pm Updated: 09/16/2012 8:34 pm * 70 pct of corals will suffer degradation by 2030 * To protect half of reefs, temperature rise must be under 1.5C By Nina Chestney LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) &#8211; The chance to save the world&#8217;s coral reefs from damage caused by climate change [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IUCN: Crunch time for Caribbean corals</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.iucn.org/?10903/Crunch-time-for-Caribbean-corals 07 September 2012 &#124; International news release Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, 7 September 2012 (IUCN) – Time is running out for corals on Caribbean reefs. Urgent measures must be taken to limit pollution and regulate aggressive fishing practices that threaten the existence of Caribbean coral reef ecosystems, according to a new IUCN (International [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journal of Indonesian Coral Reefs available online</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear All, We proudly announce that our first volume of Journal of Indonesian Coral Reefs is finally available on line (http://www.coastal-unhas.com/ incres). It is free download for full-text pdf format. More numbers and Volumes coming on line soon. Please distribute this information and link to our friends and colleagues who might be interested to know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Important International Coral Reef Symposium 2012 Info</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[From: Hughes, Terry Sent: Friday, 11 May 2012 3:37 PM Two months in advance of the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS 2012) in Cairns, Australia from 9-13 July, the draft Scientific Program is now available online, at http://www.icrs2012.com/MiniSymposia.htm#1. Close to 2,000 people from 75 countries have registered to attend so far, and over 1,500 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Tech:  Long-Term Impacts of Non-Sustainable Tourism and Urban Development in Small Tropical Islands Coastal Habitats in a Changing Climate: Lessons Learned from Puerto Rico Edwin A. Hernández- Delgado1, Carlos E. Ramos-Scharrón2, Carmen R. Guerrero-Pérez3, Mary Ann Lucking4, Ricardo Laureano5, Pablo A. Méndez-Lázaro6 and Joel O. Meléndez-Díaz7 1Center for Applied Tropical Ecology and Conservation, University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras 2Island Resources Foundation &amp; Department of Geography and the Environment, University of Texas at Austin 3 Instituto para un Desarrollo Sustentable 4Coralations, Inc. 5Vegabajeños Impulsando Desarrollo Ambiental Sustentable, Inc. 6Department of Environmental Health, University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences Campus 7Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras 1,3,4,5,6,7Puerto Rico 2USA</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/04/08/whales-sensed-deepwater-horizon-oil-rig-disaster/ By Peter Gwynne Published April 08, 2012 Inside Science News Service A technique that monitors whales through the sounds they emit has answered a key issue raised by the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico two years ago this month. The sound-monitoring technique revealed that sperm whales retreated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientific American: Phytoplankton Population Drops 40 Percent Since 1950</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=phytoplankton-population News &#124; Energy &#038; Sustainability Researchers find trouble among phytoplankton, the base of the food chain, which has implications for the marine food web and the world&#8217;s carbon cycle By Lauren Morello and ClimateWire &#124; July 29, 2010 &#124; 49 The microscopic plants that form the foundation of the ocean&#8217;s food web are declining, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ScienceDaily: Viral Disease &#8212; Particularly from Herpes &#8212; Gaining Interest as Possible Cause of Coral Decline</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120328090941.htm ScienceDaily (Mar. 28, 2012) — As corals continue to decline in abundance around the world, researchers are turning their attention to a possible cause that&#8217;s almost totally unexplored &#8212; viral disease. It appears the corals that form such important parts of marine ecosystems harbor many different viruses &#8212; particularly herpes. And although they don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coral-list: Judy Lang provides new aids for identifying corals and fishes in AGRRA surveys for wider Caribbean</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Judith Lang via coral.aoml.noaa.gov 10:33 AM (7 hours ago) March 14th, 2012 Dear All, New aids for identifying the species of corals and fishes in the wider Caribbean that can occur in AGRRA surveys are now available for downloading at: www.agrra.org/method/trainingid.html Many new photographs and, for the corals, a few taxonomic revisions are included in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Science Now: Some Corals May Adapt to Warmer Seas</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/03/some-corals-may-adapt-to-warmer-.html?ref=em by Dennis Normile on 12 March 2012, 12:25 PM &#124; Pictures of ghostly white coral colonies bleached by elevated sea temperatures have become symbols of the effects of global warming. Now there is a glimmer of hope that at least some corals may be more resilient than previously thought. A study suggests that certain [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0033353 James R. Guest1¤*, Andrew H. Baird2, Jeffrey A. Maynard3, Efin Muttaqin4, Alasdair J. Edwards5, Stuart J. Campbell4, Katie Yewdall6, Yang Amri Affendi7, Loke Ming Chou1 1 Marine Biology Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, 2 Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marine Ecology Progress Series:  Ongoing global biodiversity loss and the need to move beyond protected areas: a review of the technical and practical shortcomings of protected areas on land and sea Camilo Mora1, 3,*, Peter F. Sale2</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.int-res.com/articles/theme/m434p251.pdf MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES. Vol. 434: 251–266, 2011 doi: 10.3354/meps09214 Published July 28, 2011 Contribution to the Theme Section ‘Biodiversity, ecosystems and coastal zone management’ 1Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4J1, Canada 2Institute for Water, Environment and Health, United Nations University, Port Carling, Ontario P0B 1J0, Canada 3Present address: Department [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AFP:  Ocean acidification may be worst in 300 million years: study &amp; NYTImes Editorial:  Changing the Chemistry of the Earth&#8217;s Oceans</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i_Z1zrB_r470qEJTpTvNGCLIZOew?docId=CNG.972672bf2c229393667b758b16f9bd6a.491 (AFP) – 5 days ago March 1, 2012 WASHINGTON — High levels of pollution may be turning the planet&#8217;s oceans acidic at a faster rate than at any time in the past 300 million years, with unknown consequences for future sea life, researchers said Thursday. The acidification may be worse than during four major [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[View this story on the Web at University of California, Davis March 5, 2012 New research from the University of California shows how the ability to detect light could have evolved before anything like an eye. As published today (March 5) in the journal BMC Biology, the research is based on the stinging mechanism in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NOAA Fisheries announces the release of the *2012 Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program Report to Congress   (with focus on SE Florida)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.habitat.noaa.gov/protection/corals/deepseacorals/fy12/DSCRtCFinal.pdf This report highlights the exciting discovery of deep-sea coral habitats as well as progress made in our nationwide research. * * Featured in the report is an overview of the program’s first three-year field study, focused on the Southeast U.S., which revealed new and currently unprotected deep-sea coral communities off the eastern and southern [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Earthjustice, Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Aims to Protect Endangered Caribbean Corals from Overfishing; Elkhorn and staghorn corals need parrotfish to survive</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Immediate Release: January 30, 2012 Contact: Andrea Treece, Earthjustice, (415) 217-2089 Miyoko Sakashita, Center for Biological Diversity, (415) 632-5308 Washington, D.C. &#8211; A lawsuit was filed today in federal district court seeking greater protections from fishing for threatened coral reefs in the Caribbean. The lawsuit asserts that the National Marine Fisheries Service ignored science [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Earthtimes.org: &#8216;Other CO2 problem&#8217; research shows that fish won&#8217;t be OK</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.earthtimes.org/pollution/co2-fish-eggs-larvae-ocean-acidification/1706/ ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES &#038; NEWS >> POLLUTION >> Posted Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:00:00 GMT by Colin Ricketts It&#8217;s the &#8216;other CO2 problem&#8217;, global warming&#8217;s little brother, and ocean acidification could be even more damaging than had previously been thought according to new research on how fish are affected. As the amount of carbon dioxide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Environmental Science &amp; Technology:  Connecting the Dots: Responses of Coastal Ecosystems to Changing Nutrient Concentrations</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/es202351y Jacob Carstensen,*,† María Sanchez-Camacho,‡ Carlos M. Duarte,‡,§ Dorte Krause-Jensen,† and Nuria Marba‡ †Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark ‡Department of Global Change Research, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), Instituto Mediterraneo de Estudios Avanzados, Miquel Marques 21, 07190 Esporles (Illes Balears), Spain §The UWA Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley [...]]]></description>
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		<title>University of Florida: Beneficial bacteria can help keep Florida coral healthy, UF researchers report</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://news.ufl.edu/2011/10/11/coral-bacteria/ Filed under Business, Economic Impact, Environment, Florida, Research on Tuesday, October 11, 2011. GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Bacteria that could potentially help corals resist the devastating disease white pox have been found by researchers at the University of Florida and Mote Marine Laboratory. The findings could help maintain the health of Florida’s coral reefs, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tracking Nonpoint Source Nitrogen Pollution in Human-Impacted Watersheds_ES&amp;T_Oct2011.pdf	Tracking Nonpoint Source Nitrogen Pollution in Human-Impacted Watersheds_ES&amp;T_Oct2011</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/602635&#8211;kitchener-biologist-studying-effects-of-gulf-oil-spill By Mirko Petricevic, Record staff Galvez Kitchener native Fernando Galvez is an assistant professor in the biology department at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA. A Kitchener biologist studying the effects of last year&#8217;s sprawling oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico isn&#8217;t worried about eating fish hauled from the contaminated region. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Wildlife Federation:  Alarming New Study Documents BP Oil&#8217;s Impact on Gulf Ecosystem  &#8220;Genomic and physiological footprint of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on resident marsh fishes&#8221;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.nwf.org/News-and-Magazines/Media-Center/News-by-Topic/Wildlife/2011/09-26-11-New-Study-Documents-BP-Oils-Impact-on-Gulf-Ecosystem.aspx Alarming New Study Documents BP Oil&#8217;s Impact on Gulf Ecosystem Washington, DC (September 26, 2011) &#8211; A study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences documents the effect of BP oil on the Gulf killifish. The minnow-like wetlands resident, also known as bull minnow or cacahoe, is a critical part [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/08/human-excrement-to-blame-for-cor.html Reef Relief Founder Craig Quirolo first observed white pox disease and alerted Dr. Porter to it; Reef Relief worked for years to encourage the City of Key West to adopt advanced wastewater treatment, despite a sea of denial. So glad we succeeded! DV by Gisela Telis on 17 August 2011, 5:00 PM Coral killer. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News.yahoo.com: *Study of coral may lead to sunburn pill*</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://news.yahoo.com/study-coral-may-lead-sunburn-pill-110251383.html see also Mother Nature Network article at: http://www.mnn.com/family/protection-safety/blogs/sunscreen-pills-from-coral-reefs A study of underwater coral reefs by researchers of King&#8217;s College London may lead to the development of a pill to prevent sunburn. The research team hope within the next two years to test a compound based on one which shields coral against harmful ultraviolet rays. [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://healthygulf.org/201108041709/blog/healthy-waters-/-dead-zone/epa-denies-petition-to-curb-river-pollution-while-gulf-dead-zone-rages#.Tjxv1kDXo2c.facebook Blog &#8211; Healthy Waters / Dead Zone Thursday, 04 August 2011 14:35 New Orleans, LA—EPA has denied a petition to implement a clean-up plan for an aquatic Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico, despite heavy economic losses to the U.S. fishing industry and continued research that shows the Dead Zone has doubled in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coral-list:  Dave Vaughan of Mote Marine reports Elkhorn corals spawning in July at Looe Key</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a note that /A. palmata/ (i.e. Elkhorn coral) colonies were observed to spawn Tuesday night July 19th.(Looe Key- Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Special Protected Area), at about 2 hours after sunset. This is one month earlier than usual (3-4 days after full moon in August). Could this be a new trend with warmer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TG Daily.com: Mississippi runoff expands Gulf &#8216;dead zone&#8217;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.tgdaily.com/sustainability-features/57323-mississippi-runoff-expands-gulf-dead-zone Posted on Jul 19th 2011 by Kate Taylor The so-called Gulf Dead Zone is looking set to be the biggest ever this year. It&#8217;s currently about 3,300 square miles, or roughly the size of Delaware and Rhode Island combined, but researchers at Texas A &#038; M University say it&#8217;s likely to become much larger. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conservation Letters:  Underestimating the damage: interpreting cetacean carcass recoveries in the context of the Deepwater Horizon/BP incident Rob Williams1, Shane Gero2, Lars Bejder3, John Calambokidis4, Scott D. Kraus5, David Lusseau6, Andrew J. Read7, &amp; Jooke Robbins8</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Conservation Letters 4 (2011) 228–233 cetacean carcasses and oil spills 1 Author affiliations: 1Marine Mammal Research Unit, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada 2Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada 3Centre for Fish and Fisheries Research, Cetacean Research Unit, Murdoch University, Western Australia 4Cascadia Research Collective, Olympia, WA, USA 5New England Aquarium, Boston, MA, USA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commondreams.org: The Guardian/UK:  Climate Skeptic Willie Soon Received $1m from Oil Companies, Papers Show</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/06/28-12 Published on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 Documents obtained by Greenpeace show prominent opponent of climate change was funded by ExxonMobil, among others by John Vidal One of the world&#8217;s most prominent scientific figures to be skeptical about climate change has admitted to being paid more than $1m in the past decade by major US [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lenfestocean.org: DILUTION CANNOT BE ASSUMED THE SOLUTION FOR AQUACULTURE POLLUTION by S. K. Venayagamoorthy, H.Ku, O.B.  Fringer, A. Chiu, R.L. Naylor, &amp; J.R. Koseff</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://lenfestocean.org/sites/default/files/pollution_plume_summary_final.pdf Venayagamoorthy, S.K., H. Ku, O.B. Fringer, A. Chiu, R.L. Naylor and J.R. Koseff. 2011. Numerical modeling of aquaculture dissolved waste transport in a coastal embayment. Environmental Fluid Mechanics. A recent scientific study published in the journal Environmental Fluid Mechanics shows that the location of coastal and offshore aquaculture pens can dramatically influence the extent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Huffington Post: State Of The Ocean: &#8216;Shocking&#8217; Report Warns Of Mass Extinction From Current Rate Of Marine Distress</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/20/ipso-2011-ocean-report-mass-extinction_n_880656.html by Travis Donovan If the current actions contributing to a multifaceted degradation of the world&#8217;s oceans aren&#8217;t curbed, a mass extinction unlike anything human history has ever seen is coming, an expert panel of scientists warns in an alarming new report. The preliminary report from the International Programme on the State of the Ocean [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commondreams.org: USA Today reports Record &#8216;Dead Zone&#8217; Predicted in Gulf of Mexico</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/06/15-8 Published on Wednesday, June 15, 2011 by Doyle Rice The &#8220;Dead Zone&#8221; in the Gulf of Mexico – a region of oxygen-depleted water off the Louisiana and Texas coasts that is harmful to sea life and the commercial fishing industry – is predicted to be the largest ever recorded this year, federal scientists announced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commondreams.org: The Guardian/UK: Explosion in Jellyfish Numbers May Lead to Ecological Disaster, Warn Scientists</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/06/13-5 Published on Monday, June 13, 2011 by The Guardian/UK by Tracy McVeigh Global warming has long been blamed for the huge rise in the world&#8217;s jellyfish population. But new research suggests that they, in turn, may be worsening the problem by producing more carbon than the oceans can cope with. Dr Carol Turley, a [...]]]></description>
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