Creature Feature
Sixline Soapfish
The Sixline soapfish (Grammistes Sexlineatus) is by far my favorite tropical reef ...
Mexican Axolotl
The mexican axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) is a salamander whose natal habitats are ...
Older Posts
A Problem with Arcsine Square Root Back Transfomrations
A note on back transformation of arcsine square root data
Impact Assessment Designs in Evaluating MPA Effectiveness
Our chapter in an edited book on Marine Protected Areas examines impact assessment designs and the way we evaluate the efficacy of MPAs
Giant Clam
The giant clam (Tridachna maxima) is commonly found in Moorea, French Polynesia. The brilliant blue color of this clam is a product of zooxanthellae, which are photosynthetic algae that facilitate the clam’s growth by producing excess sugars during photosynthesis.Giant clams are commonly eaten by Polynesians as clam soup. wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxima_clam
Andy’s Paper in Coral Reefs!
It turns out the local density of corals can affect one another’s growth (friends are good). But this is independent of predators (things that eat you are bad!)
New Synthesis on Coastal and Estuarine Ecosystem Services
Synthesis of Coastal and Estuarine Ecosystem Services Featured on Cover of Ecological Monographs
Pepino
Pepino (ecuadorian for Sea Cucumber). These poor critters are on their way to an aphrodisiac soup near you. We’ve been asking fisherman if they’d be willing to go out and collect some fish for us any they say sorry amigo, we’re all about pepino right now. The season just recently opened after a 3 year closure. [...]
