Scientific research can be costly to conduct, prepare and publish, as well as costly to access. While the first one is hard to change, the latter is something MASNA is hoping to change with the Dr. Junda Lin Memorial Fund…
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Friday Smorgasbord: Drones, maps, and carp tacos oh my!
Happy New Year! Here’s our first edition of the Friday Smorgi for 2017 and we’re hoping you enjoy reading along. We have a few interesting stories including an underwater drone for fishing, a cool new 3D ocean map, a unique…
Incredible Timelapse Video of Spawning Flower Anemone!
Flower Anemone Spawning In September of last year, Dynasty Marine sent me a box of flower anemones (Epicystis crucifer) to set up a Caribbean biotope aquarium. While the aquarium has gone through some growing pains and at the moment is not very…
Friday Smorgasbord: Winter wonderland edition
Its the first Friday of winter and with the holidays and new year right around the corner, it sure is starting to feel like a winter wonderland. To kick off the winter, we’ve got some fun stories to share in…
Crowdfund an experiment examining corals and climate change
If you ever wanted to help be a part of and support a coral research program, now is your chance. A PhD student from Oregon State is currently crowdfunding to support her research on how corals are responding to climate…
Friday Smorgasbord: Ghost Shark edition
TGIF and welcome to another installation of our Friday Smorgasbord. We have some pretty cool stuff today including rare footage of ghost sharks, asteroids vs. oceans, whales vs. sharks, fish vs. powerlines and more. Ghost Shark If you had a…
Friday Smorgasbord: Reef grazers, fake sharks, turles and toxic fish
Here we are, another Friday and another installment of the Friday Smorgabord. This week we examine the lawnmowers of the sea, fake pics, underwater adventures, good news for turtles and some toxic fish. Lawnmower of the Sea A Scripps Institution…
Aquariums Used To Prove That Seagrass Is Actively Pollinated By Marine Life
Just a few short weeks ago we were discussing seagrasses with one of the aquarium hobby’s most ardent proponents of seagrass aquariums, Julian Sprung. The topic of underwater pollination of seagrass came up, and we supposed that there might be…
Friday Smorgasbord: Printed coral, catching waves and more
It is hard to believe it is December already, but here we are with the first Friday Smorgasbord on December. We’ve been a bit light on the Smorgi posts of late as I’ve been taking care of our new little…
Coral mucus impacts microbes in waters surrounding them
Have you ever noticed your corals covered in mucus and wondered, what’s up with the slime? New research suggests that corals selectively remove and promote the growth of diverse picoplankton (planktonic bacteria and archaea) communities living in coral mucus, and that…