Posts Tagged ‘sea plants’

Clearing the Name of Seaweed Suspects

Macroalgae, in recent years, have become a suspected reservoir of coral disease ever since the 2006 study where small corals placed in plastic containers had 100% mortality rates within 48 hours. After the din from the research, aquarium, and hobby community died down, people questioned if it was the methods in the experiment that [...]

Where Is All My Seagrass?

I had a nightmare the eve of my twenty-six birthday where I went to the bathroom to wash my face and suddenly confronted a reflection full of lines, spots, white hair, and crazy Grandma-style chartreuse lipstick!  I felt similarly old today while sliding through seagrass beds in Kelly Park on Merritt Island, FL. 
Why?  Well, after [...]