Sentence examples for reef aquaria from inspiring English sources

"But in some areas," Dr. Bruckner said, "the harvest of fish, live rock and coral for reef aquaria are also contributing to their decline".

Jeff Turner, owner of Reef Aquaria Design of Coconut Creek, Fla., which builds and maintains large reef aquariums in homes, offices, hospitals and other institutions, says these are not mere decorations, but "an educational window into the sea".

Millepora alcicornis has no commercial uses but is sometimes kept in reef aquaria.

The work described in this paper represents laboratory studies conducted using aquarium-cultured Acropora formosa coral fragments that were purchased from the Oceans, Reefs and Aquaria Company (ORA, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Ft. Pierce , FL.

Transplanted colonies of P. carnea and H. symbiolongicarpus were kept on microscope slides, placed in slide racks, and kept in seawater (REEF CRYSTALS, Aquarium Systems) aquaria at room temperature (∼21 °C) with a salinity of 29 and 32 ppt, respectively.

Some colonies of H. symbiolongicarpus were surgically explanted onto microscope slides, placed in slide racks kept in seawater (REEF CRYSTALS, Aquarium Systems) aquaria, maintained at 21°C, and fed 2-3-day-old nauplii of Artemia three times a week.

The major spawning on the reef and in our control aquaria occurred on the night of November 13, 2006, which was 8 nights after the full moon night.

Reef aquarism is not without its downsides.

In contrast, density and occupancy rates for aquaria and non-target reef fishes fluctuated above and below baseline levels in each management zone.

Up to 98% of those in aquaria are wild caught from reefs and suffer death rates of 98% within a year.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.09991.005 To elucidate the role of natural moonlight phases and the effect of 'light pollution' on mass spawning synchronization, 16 large A. millepora colonies were collected from the Heron Island reef flat (GBR, Australia) and transferred to large outdoor aquaria, which were exposed to natural sunlight, moonlight and flow-through seawater from the reef flat.