STEROL AND FATTY ACID COMPOSITIONS OF A MARINE ALGA BRYOPSIS PENNATA (BRYOPSIDOPHYCEAE, CHLOROPHYTA) Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 7(1): 73-82, January, 1994 This is a major pest algae in home salt water aquaria. Folks have been using fluconazole to treat it. Apparently the theory is that it’s acting in some way to block ergosterols from […]
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Personal immunity versus social immunity
Personal immunity versus social immunity S.C. Cotter, R.M. Kilner Behavioral Ecology (2010) 21 (4): 663-668. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arq070 Published:04 June 2010 This is an excellent primer on immunity that also touches on the novel (but not rare) concept of social immunity. Many organisms defend their fitness against attack from parasites and pathogens by mounting an immune response. Most […]
Viruses manipulate the marine environment
Viruses manipulate the marine environment Forest Rohwer& Rebecca Vega Thurber Nature 459, 207-212 (14 May 2009) | doi:10.1038/nature08060; Published online 13 May 2009 A series of recent studies has shown that viruses have the ability to manipulate the life histories and evolution of their hosts in remarkable ways Since my tank’s salinity peaked at 1.030, I’ve had problems […]
Tissue and skeletal changes in the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 under phosphate enrichment
Tissue and skeletal changes in the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797 under phosphate enrichment Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology Volume 409, Issues 1–2, 1 December 2011, Pages 200–207 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.08.022 [PDF] columbia.edu
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