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rhamphotheca: Cabo Pulmo Marine Reserve, Mexico - Giant Conch The Giant Conch (Strombus galeatus) has long been an important fishery species in the region, valued for its meat and its shell as far back as Incan times. But it is today found very rarely on reefs elsewhere in the Gulf. In Cabo Pulmo, however, it has recovered rapidly. “It takes just five minutes of diving to see them in numbers you just don’t see elsewhere,” Galland says. (via: http://news.discovery.com/animals/endangered-species/most-successful-marine-reserve-cabo-pulmo-110812.htm) photo by Octavio Aburto
vurtual: Enjoying the clown show (by kees straver)
discovery: Okay… seeing the Giant Squid was actually REALLY cool! Watch it again, here → http://bit.ly/13fV66l
theoceaniswonderful: Grey Seal. Newquay by JCP van Uffelen
rhamphotheca: A cool new way climate change is killing bivalves By Susie Cagle We already know that carbon-dioxide-filled, acidic ocean water is no-good, very-bad news for mussels and other underwater shelled creatures, causing their shells to dissolve. But, as these things so often go, it turns out that climate change is even worse for bivalves than we thought: It’s unleashing an awkward kind of anti-puberty on them. They’re growing smaller and weaker, and now we find out that they’re basically losing their hair. New research published in the journal Nature shows that mussels’ proteinaceuous byssal threads — the little stringy bits that allow them to stick their bodies on stuff — are particularly susceptible to ocean acidification. The researchers found mussels’ little stringy bits were 40 percent weaker when exposed to elevated CO2 levels, even when their shell strength and tissue growth weren’t affected… (read more: Grist.org)                       (photo: Sapphire/Flutterby)
thelovelyseas: biendu by DRezendesPhoto on Flickr.
thelovelyseas: babytako by DRezendesPhoto on Flickr.
theoceaniswonderful: Nudibranch by The Sprain
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