Get a free copy of this excellent book! This was posted on coral-list today: “The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) is giving away the remaining copies of the book ‘Soft Corals and Sea Fans: A comprehensive guide to the tropical shallow water genera of the central-west Pacific, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea’ by... »

Just a quick update: I have been dealing with some “real life” problems lately and haven’t had the energy to write anything for some time now. Seems like the situation is improving once again so I hope to post something new soon »

A special issue of Diseases of Aquatic Organisms titled “The Role of Environment and Microorganisms in Diseases of Corals” has been published online. And the best part is that all articles are Open Access! From the title page: “This DAO Special contains papers based on presentations made at the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium (2008, Fort Lauderdale,... »