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Accelerating discovery of the peptides in cone-snail venoms

February 5, 2020 1 Comment

Conus musica, cone shell

As a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Los Angeles, Mark Phuong accompanied Australian Museum Mollusc expert, Francesco Criscione, on a field trip to the Lizard Island Research Station in August, 2014. During the course of 5 days, Mark collected 32 species of cone snails. Cone snails are a hyper-diverse family of carnivorous marine […]

Filed Under: Posts Tagged With: Cone Snail, DNA, lizard island, Peptide, Science

Have cleaner fish become lazier, less capable, or both?

June 20, 2019 Leave a Comment

Juvenile Common Cleanerfish

Zegni Triki spent three months in 2018 collecting data at Lizard Island Research Station for her PhD. Her work was supported by a 2018 Lizard Island Doctoral Fellowship. One part of Zegni’s research examined changes in the brain complexity of cleanerfish, specifically the Common Cleanerfish (Labroides dimidiatus). Life is complex for Common Cleanerfish. They have […]

Filed Under: Posts Tagged With: cleaner fish, climate change, coral, coral bleaching, great barrier reef, lizard island, Lizard Island Research Station, reef

Reef soundscapes & larval fish

December 11, 2018 Leave a Comment

The health of a coral reef is measured by the life and diversity of the entire reef ecosystem, not just by the health and abundance of corals.  When coral populations are significantly reduced, there is a reduction in populations of other reef animals. Many marine animals use sound to communicate and navigate.  Fish whoop, croak, […]

Filed Under: Posts Tagged With: coral, lizard island, reef, reef soundscapes, soundscapes

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