[Coral-List] Fwd: Great Barrier Reef news story

Vassil Zlatarski vzlatarski at gmail.com
Wed Dec 27 00:45:19 UTC 2017


Thanks, Charlie, I see your reticulated smile.  However, you quantify with
"most" and that means to declare hybridization as predominant cause for
coral speciation.

Is this "really outstanding new species" a proved hybrid?

Cheers!

Vassil

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Charlie Veron <j.veron at coralreefresearch.com>
Date: Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 3:58 PM
Subject: RE: [Coral-List] Great Barrier Reef news story
To: Vassil Zlatarski <vzlatarski at gmail.com>, Coral-List Subscribers <
coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov>, Douglas Fenner <
douglasfennertassi at gmail.com>


Most corals are hybrids Vassil!



All the best for 2018,



Charlie



*From:* Vassil Zlatarski [mailto:vzlatarski at gmail.com]
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*Subject:* Re: [Coral-List] Great Barrier Reef news story



Thanks, Doug!



Congratulations, Charlie, for this "really outstanding new species"!  More
information and bibliographical data will be greatly appreciated.  Any
chance to be a hybrid?



Happy festive season and 2018!



Vassil







On Fri, Dec 22, 2017 at 10:42 PM, Douglas Fenner <
douglasfennertassi at gmail.com> wrote:

Great Barrier Reef Team hunting for bleaching survivors finds first new
coral in 30 years.    (first new on the Great Barrier Reef, that is)

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-07/great-barrier-reef-
research-group-confident-new-coral-species/9232608?pfmredir=
sm&mc_cid=516e19cfd0&mc_eid=8264f98e74

Open-access.

"Dr Veron, who has been diving on the reef for more than 50 years, has seen
it deteriorate from ocean warming and agricultural run-off.

"Oh it's horrible. It's like seeing the family home slowly burning, and you
scream for a fire-engine … and you just see it falling to bits. It's just
awful," he said.

"I think the Great Barrier Reef could be entirely dead within 15 years," Dr
Veron said.

"What's much more likely is progressive deterioration," he said.

Cheers,  Doug


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Douglas Fenner
Contractor for NOAA NMFS Protected Species, and consultant
PO Box 7390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799  USA

New online open-access field guide to 300 coral species in Chagos, Indian
Ocean
http://chagosinformationportal.org/corals

Two melting Antarctic glaciers could decide the fate of our coastlines.

https://www.wired.com/story/two-melting-glaciers-could-decid
e-the-fate-of-our-coastlines/
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