We tested the hypothesis that there is a relation between phylotypes (phylogenetic types, as
determined by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and partial sequence …

Abstract Colonies of Acropora microphthalma (Verrill 1869) were transferred from depths of
2 to 3, 10, 20, and 30 m to UV-transparent and UV-opaque respirometry chambers placed at …

The present study was carried out at Palmer Station (64.7° S, 64.1° W), Antarctica, during the
austral spring-summer of the years 1993 and 1994. Two centric diatom species …

The ocean has for all time been the ultimate sink for water-borne waste products coming
from the land. Rivers and small creeks have always carried silt into the ocean and since the …

IT is thought that the sensitivity of mammalian hearing depends on amplification of the
incoming sound within the cochlea by a select population of sensory cells, the outer hair …

An inexpensive, easily deployed polymer film was used to measure the penetration of
ultraviolet (UV) radiation in nearshore tropical water. Measurements were made to a depth …

The potential effect that induction of lysogenic bacteria has on bacteriophage production
and bacterial mortality in coastal waters was investigated, and we present estimates for the …

Human activities are impacting coral reefs physically, biologically, and chemically.
Nutrification, sedimentation, chemical pollution, and overfishing are significant local threats …

Photo-induced toxicity of petroleum products and polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) is
the enhanced toxicity caused by their interaction with ultraviolet radiation and occurs by two …

Tetrahydrofuran-methanol extracts of reef-building corals (Acropora spp.) show broad
absorbance maxima in the ultraviolet region of the spectrum at 317 nm. The absorbing …