This Tropical Ocean Coral Bleaching Indices web page is designed by NOAA Coral Reef Watch to provide near-real-time information on thermal stress that induces coral bleaching for 24 selected reef sites around the globe. The information is extracted from near-real-time satellite. [Information of the supplier]
The mission of the Coral Health and Monitoring Program is to provide services to help improve and sustain coral reef health throughout the world. Our long term goals are: establish an international network of coral reef researchers for the purpose of sharing knowledge and information on coral health and monitoring; provide near real-time data products derived from satellite images and monitoring stations at coral reef areas; provide a data repository for historical data collected from coral reef areas; add to the general fund of coral reef knowledge. ... [Information of the supplier]
Compiled by a taxonomist principally for other taxonomists (rare though they are), coverage is believed to be reasonably complete for titles primarily of taxonomic interest. As in the original printed edition, any titles dealing with other aspects of octocoral biology that came to my attention have been included. Even though the bulk of scientific literature about octocorals now appearing deals with biochemistry, no claims are made for completeness in that field. Although comments about content or other aspects of publication are given in square brackets [ ] for some titles, time has precluded complete annotation of contents, and keywords for electronic searching are not included. Contrary to predominant contemporary usage, the personal names of authors are spelled out in full whenever known, as reducing these names to mere initials seems to relegate their owners to the mechanical realm of electronic data banks and appears inordinately impersonal. This augmented and updated electronic edition of the Octocoral Bibliography is the result of nudging and nagging by C.W. Hart, Jr., whose computer literacy made the project possible. The word-processing expertise of Janice Clark Walker was indispensable in preparing the master file for final conversion, and I appreciate the cooperation and critical advice given by Don Gourley, our Webmaster. ... [Information of the supplier]
This website is a compilation of publications concerning taxonomy, nomenclature, and geographic distribution of extant hexacorallians - members of cnidarian orders Actiniaria (sea anemones in the strict sense), Antipatharia (black corals), Ceriantharia (tube anemones), Corallimorpharia (sea anemones in the loose sense), Ptychodactiaria (sea anemones in the loose sense), Scleractinia (hard or stony corals), and Zoanthidea (sea anemones in the loose sense). The project was funded largely by US National Science Foundation grants DEB95-21819 and DEB99-78106 (in the program PEET - Partnerships to Enhance Expertise in Taxonomy) and supplements in the REU program (Research Experience for Undergraduates) to Daphne G. Fautin, and grant OCE00-03970 (in NOPP, the National Oceanographic Partnership Program) to D.G.F. and Robert W. Buddemeier. ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
The Conference is the 16th in the series of the international meetings held every three years within the International Bryozoology Association (IBA). It is expected to be attended by a large number of IBA members as well as by all people interested in bryozoology and any related topic. Several disciplines are involved in the fields of biology, palaeontology, taxonomy, ecology and palaeoecology, carbonate production, global change, ocean acidification, physiology, parasitology, and even medicine. This is the second time that Italy hosts an IBA Conference, after the first one organised by Enrico Annoscia in 1968 in San Donato Milanese. The International Bryozoology Association was established by a small group back in 1965 within an informal meeting in Stockholm, to encourage research and promote exchange of ideas on the Bryozoa. The association presently brings together nearly 200 researchers of everything to do with Bryozoans, from over 40 countries across the globe. ... [Information of the supplier]