PTX making waves

Looks like the paper in PLoS One is making some waves:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/04/05/world’s-2nd-deadliest-poison-in-an-aquarium-store-near-you/

cheers,

J with a big thanks to Kevin Zelnio for finding this!

CoML/CReefs press release

One photo of ours from CReefs is linked to this press release, along with some nice images by Yoshihiro Fujiwara from JAMSTEC.

http://www.aolnews.com/science/article/first-census-of-ocean-life-uncovers-6-000-new-species/19659671

cheers,

Front page of the NY Times!

TF's image of coral bleaching of Thailand was the front page image for the NY TImes today!

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/science/earth/21coral.html

Congratulations, and thanks to Mark Eakin of NOAA for making it happen.

new papers! & update

Slow summer, many people off doing field work.

Two new papers:
1. James Davis Reimer, Frederic Sinniger. Discovery and description of a new species of Abyssoanthus (Zoantharia: Hexacorallia) at the Japan Trench: the world’s deepest known zoanthid. Cahiers de Biologie Marine (accepted).
2. Yoko Nozawa, Kouki Tanaka, James Davis Reimer. Reconsideration of surface structure of settlement plates used in coral recruitment studies. Zoological Studies (accepted).

Also, from September 19-26, our lab will have a display at Okinawa Prefectural Aquarium - part of a Rising Star poster session., Drop by and check it out.

Other news:
1. TF is back from the CReefs Lizard Island trip. Trip details can be found at:
http://www.aims.gov.au/creefs/latest-field-trip-lizard-2010.html

2. Both a recent Epizoanthus paper and a paper in Marine Biotechnology are the cover articles for their issue.

Trendy zoanthids

You likely all know this, but "Japanese deepwater zoanthids" are selling for extremely high prices in the aquarium industry, despite most or all of the specimens not being Japanese or deepwater...

Check out the links:
http://glassbox-design.com/2010/japanese-deepwater-zoanthid/

and

http://coralmagazine.coverleaf.com/coral/20100506?sub_id=DLcNsTdnz17b#pg50

cheers,

JDR

Creefs

Even though CA and YI are back safe and sound from Ningaloo, there stories are now getting posted.

Check;
http://www.aims.gov.au/creefs/latest-field-trip-ningaloo-2010.html


More later, this month looks busy with the Asia-Pacific Coral Reef Symposium coming up.

Ningaloo update

Hi all,

If you want to check out what is happening with CReefs Ningaloo 2010 expedition (with YI and CA participating), go to;

http://www.aims.gov.au/creefs/latest-field-trip-ningaloo-2010.html

cheers,

JDR

In the news

A picture taken by TF of an anglerfish is in the news (Okinawan paper).

lab polo-shirt

We are planning to make Lab polo-shirt. This is the first plan of the design.
If many people buy this, price will be cheaper.

This design is not complete yet (especially, picture of the crinoid on the "S") .

Homepage up!

Our homepage is up and running:

http://web.me.com/miseryukyu/

Check it out. We will slowly add pages for each member.

cheers,

JDR

MO in the news!

MO's paper made the newspapers! Here are some links (in Japanese):

http://www.okinawatimes.co.jp/news/2009-02-13-E_1-007-2_002.html?PSID=cdacfc55f81231c74efb2594878c0941
http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-140733-storytopic-1.html

Congratulations!

In the news

Our Corallizoanthus work made the Okinawa newspapers, front page in one. Here are the links on the net (in Japanese - be warned):

http://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/storyid-137736-storytopic-1.html
http://www.okinawatimes.co.jp/news/2008-11-02-M_1-021-1_002.html

Nice to have get some publicity on the lesser-known organisms!

Vietnamese zoanthids/thoughts

Here is a link to a recent article on some Zoanthus spp. that JDR contributed too.

http://www.bluezooaquatics.com/resources.asp?show=75

While this site is commercial, I think the info on this site is quite accurate and well done. The owner takes time to make sure what is posted is correct. In fact, after a few years in the research business, I think some of the most knowledgeable zoanthid people are members of the aquarium trade. Their knowledge and access to specimens remains a relatively untapped potential source of scientific learning!

So, MISE members, take the time to check out those aquarium industry booths at conferences!

Interview

It isn't FOX TV, but there is an interview posted at this site:

http://www.bluezooaquatics.com/resources.asp?show=48