[Coral-List] Endangered Species??

[William Precht]

John,

Have a look at this -- pretty interesting perspective.

Morrison III, W. R., Lohr, J. L., Duchen, P., Wilches, R., Trujillo, D.,
Mair, M., & Renner, S. S. (2009). The impact of taxonomic change on
conservation: Does it kill, can it save, or is it just irrelevant?. *Biological
Conservation*, *142*(12), 3201-3206.


On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 12:17 PM, John Ware <jware at erols.com> wrote:

> Dear List,
>
> With regard to coral taxonomy, the following occurred to me: If the
> Endangered Species Act lists (e.g., because I don't know what is in the
> ESA) Diploria strigosa and the name is changed to Pseudodiploria
> strigosa (Budd et al 2012), is the coral sitting out there on the reef
> still protected??
>
> John
>
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