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Elizabeth M. Lukan — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:41:18 +0000

Fish ‘N’ Chips and marinefiends.com will be shutting down shortly.

Embarrassing sexual complaint hits people poisoned by fish

Elizabeth M. Lukan — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:42:41 +0000

Practical Fishkeeping, 03/30/09: A group of people who ate fish contaminated with toxins suffered from an embarrassing sexual complaint, according to a new medical report. [Read More]

Caribbean reef fish in decline

Elizabeth M. Lukan — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:41:52 +0000

Practical Fishkeeping, 03/23/09: Scientists have found that the numbers of reef fish are declining in the Caribbean. [Read More]

Shark sexes segregate naturally, says study

Elizabeth M. Lukan — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:41:22 +0000

Practical Fishkeeping, 03/23/09: One reason sharks may be undergoing severe decline is because of a sexual “line in the sea”, according to research published in the most recent issue of the journal Biology Letters. [Read More]

Shape-shifting corals mislead taxonomists

Elizabeth M. Lukan — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:40:42 +0000

Practical Fishkeeping, 03/23/09: Scientists in Hawaii have confirmed using molecular techniques that classifying corals based on morphology alone is a bad idea. [Read More]

Polar fish fauna set to change as earth warms up

Elizabeth M. Lukan — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:40:06 +0000

Practical Fishkeeping, 03/23/09: Scientists predict that global warming will lead to tropical marine fish migrating towards the poles, which might lead to significant changes in the polar fish fauna. [Read More]

‘Violent attacks’ attributed to worm named Barry

Elizabeth M. Lukan — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:39:35 +0000

Practical Fishkeeping, 03/23/09: Staff at the Blue Reef Aquarium in Newquay had been experiencing a series of violent attacks on the corals in one of their display tanks for the last few months. [Read More]

Old photographs show decline in predatory fish stocks

Elizabeth M. Lukan — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:38:55 +0000

Practical Fishkeeping, 03/23/09: Old photographs are giving stark evidence of the drastic decline of large predatory fish being caught from the reefs off the Florida Keys, according to research to be published in the journal Conservation Biology. [Read More]

Goo helps maintain eel buoyancy

Elizabeth M. Lukan — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:38:21 +0000

Practical Fishkeeping, 03/23/09: A ‘gelatinous goo’ found in Japanese eel larvae may aid their survival by enabling them to keep afloat near the surface where food is most abundant. [Read More]

Seven new bamboo corals discovered

Elizabeth M. Lukan — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:37:46 +0000

Practical Fishkeeping, 03/20/09: Scientists have discovered seven new species of bamboo coral in the deep waters off Hawaii. [Read More]

New frogfish not member of new family

Elizabeth M. Lukan — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:37:12 +0000

Practical Fishkeeping, 03/20/09: A new frogfish originally believed to be a member of a new family of fishes has been described as a member of an existing genus. [Read More]

Further evidence of the need to more effectively communicate for conservation

Elizabeth M. Lukan — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:36:37 +0000

The Ocean Project, 03/18/09: Clearly those of us working to protect and conserve our world’s ocean and climate need to do a much better job of educating and communicating with visitors to our facilities and the public, especially during these hard economic times. [Read More]

“one ocean one climate one future”

Elizabeth M. Lukan — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:35:36 +0000

The Ocean Project, 03/18/09: If you’re not already planning an event, now is the time to rally your colleagues and plan an exciting event on or around World Ocean Day, June 8th, at your facility or organization. [Read More]

Study sheds light on fish bioluminescence

Elizabeth M. Lukan — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:34:56 +0000

Practical Fishkeeping, 03/10/09: Recent research by a Swedish scientist has shed more light on the way bioluminescence in marine organisms work (pun intended). [Read More]

Whale shark rescued from freshwater canal

Elizabeth M. Lukan — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:34:16 +0000

Practical Fishkeeping, 03/03/09: A Whale shark that swam into a freshwater canal in Taiwan has been returned to the sea by rescuers. [Read More]

Study highlights species found at both poles

Elizabeth M. Lukan — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:33:37 +0000

Practical Fishkeeping, 03/03/09: It’s one of the oldest jokes in the book, but the answer to ‘Why don’t polar bears eat penguins?’ may need to be revised. [Read More]

New blenny described from Brazil

Elizabeth M. Lukan — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:33:05 +0000

Practical Fishkeeping, 03/03/09: Brazilian scientists have described a new species of blenny from the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago off northeastern Brazil. [Read More]

Masquerader hairy blenny gets name

Elizabeth M. Lukan — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:32:32 +0000

Practical Fishkeeping, 03/03/09: Brazilian ichthyologists have described a new species of scaly blenny from the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago off northeastern Brazil. [Read More]

Ammonia oxidising archaea important in nitrogen removal

Elizabeth M. Lukan — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:31:40 +0000

Practical Fishkeeping, 03/02/09: Scientists from the United States have provided new evidence to suggest that microorganisms called archaea are important in the oxidation of ammonia. [Read More]

Middle classes pose greatest threat to reefs

Elizabeth M. Lukan — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:31:07 +0000

Practical Fishkeeping, 03/02/09: It’s not the rich or poor that poses the greatest threat to the survival of coral reef fishes, but the middle class, according to research published in a recent issue of the journal Current Biology. [Read More]