Harlequinmania

Large-sized gastropods dating from only 1 million years after the greatest mass extinction of all time, the Permian-Triassic extinction, have been discovered by an international team of researchers. These specimens call into question the existence of a "Lilliput effect", the reduction in the size of organisms inhabiting postcrisis biota, normally spanning several million years. View the full article

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The recent trend towards earlier UK springs and summers has been accelerating, according to a new study. The research is the most comprehensive and rigorous assessment so far of long-term changes in the seasonal timing of biological events across marine, freshwater and terrestrial environments in the UK. View the full article

In a unique project to combat depleted fish supplies in Lake Victoria, researchers have established 'boutique' fish farms in small villages around the Lake's shore in Uganda. View the full article

Giving away the one pair of Golden pilotfish to cut down on bio load. Easy fish to keep, and eat almost anything you throw in.. Collection will be in CCK, and priority will be given to newbie FCFS. Please PM me if you are interested.

Selling the below spare pump which i never use after purchasing from one of the reefer.. 1) Ehiem universal pump 1250 ( $50.00 ) Pump output approx I/h 1200 Del.head approx Hmax m 2,0 Power consumption W 2 8 Dimensions HxWxD mm 121 x 178 x 96 used for about 1.5 year ctc me at 9231 6904 for fast deal. viewing / collection in CCK thanks

Extensive commercial fishing endangers dolphin populations in the Mediterranean, according to a new study by researchers in Israel. View the full article

Scientists have developed a barley protein concentrate that could be fed to trout and other commercially produced fish. View the full article

Researchers have found that the hydrodynamic environment of fish can shape their physical form and swimming style. View the full article

Trails found in rocks dating back 565 million years are thought to be the earliest evidence of animal locomotion ever found. The newly-discovered fossils, from rocks in Newfoundland in Canada, were analysed by an international team. They identified over 70 fossilised trails indicating that some ancient creatures moved, in a similar way to modern sea anemones, across the seafloors of the Ediacaran Period. View the full article

Feed contaminated by salmonella bacteria is a familiar and costly problem for the animal feed industry all over the world. Some types of salmonella have succeeded in establishing themselves in feed and fish meal factories and have persisted there for several years because it has proved impossible to eradicate them. View the full article

Pyrethroid pesticides were supposed to be a benign replacement for organophosphates used around the home, but a new study shows that these insecticides are showing up at toxic levels in storm runoff and even in the effluent from sewage treatment plants. While the levels are not high enough to harm fish, they may be enough to kill the mayfly, caddisfly and stonefly larvae upon which the fish feed. View the full article

For 80 years it has been accepted that early life began in a "primordial soup" of organic molecules before evolving out of the oceans millions of years later. Today the "soup" theory has been overturned in a pioneering article which claims it was the Earth's chemical energy, from hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor, which kick-started early life. View the full article

The traditional view is that ecology shapes evolution. Some research has suggested, however, that evolutionary processes reciprocate by influencing ecology in turn. Now biologists present evidence that ecology and evolution are indeed reciprocally interacting processes, presenting a fundamental shift in our understanding of the relationship between evolution and ecology. The results represent a first significant step in showing that evolution cannot be ignored when studying ecological interactions. View the full article

Decaying corpses are usually the domain of forensic scientists, but palaeontologists have discovered that studying rotting fish sheds new light on our earliest ancestry. View the full article

Researchers have decoded the transcriptome for the grey mullet. The aim was to measure the response that this animal has to contamination, in order to better know the quality of surrounding water. View the full article

It has been thought that young fish, lacking well-developed hearing organs, could not perceive the sounds made by their larger, older relatives. Now, researchers have used a combined fish tank and sound-proof chamber to show for the first time that catfish of all ages can communicate with one another. View the full article

Humans and human activities have clearly altered the Earth's landscape and oceans in countless ways, often to the detriment of other plants and animals. But a new report shows just what a tangled food web we've woven. Two species of Mediterranean seabirds change their every move based on the activities of local fisheries and, in particular, the fish that people toss away. The seabirds' shifting movement patterns can be seen at the regional scale. View the full article

They are invisible and very difficult to measure but no life in the oceans would be possible without them. They are trace metals, such as cadmium, copper or iron, dissolved in seawater. Their precise origin and distribution in the world?s ocean, in particular in the deep sea, are not well known. Now, an international research program aims to close this gap of knowledge. View the full article

A study of animals visible to the naked eye and living in and on the seabed -- the "macrobenthos" -- of the Straits of Magellan and Drake Passage will help scientists understand the biodiversity, biogeography and ecology of the Magellanic region. View the full article

Scientists are studying the part that iron from Australia's iron-rich soil plays in the algal blooms that plague parts of the eastern coast line during summer. View the full article

This is the new SRC logo which will be embroidery on the left hand side chest level of the Polo T-shirt.. Please ignore the color ,since it is going to be embroided so it will only show in black or white (for back shirt)..

Finally I have finish up the new official look with the new SRC logo !! After waiting for so long, we are now ready to make our own new SRC’s wears again to mark our 7th Year in history !! It would be great to see fellow reefer wearing their SRC shirt in the street or during LFS visit to show our identity . Details of the first round of Polo T-shirt will be as follows; Materials ; Honey comb / cotton Polo T-Shirt ( Cooling materials great for local weather..) Print : Logo embroidery on the top right hand corner . Design: Plain full color with color strip at neck collar and arm . Color : Please refer to the attachment of the catalogue. Price: $ 25.00 / pcs For each Polo T-shirt that obtain from this sales, $5.00 will be donated to WWF Singapore ( World Wildlife Fund ) which i hope our humble contribution from our club can help local WWF cause of conserving our world’s natures . I will post the receipt of the donation from our club here after the closing date. However, if you feel uncomfortable in joining us in this casues of donation, you may also indicated to me via PM that you would like to pay only for the Polo T-shirt which is also possible. Kindly state down the following with your interest and order format below; ------------------------------ ORDER LIST Nick name: shirt Color code ( Please check pdf attachment) / Size ( S/M/L/XL ) / Quantity required 1. 2. 3. (pls fill up and update the list if you make changes yourself) ** PS : If you need more pcs in different color, please follow the list down as well .. ------------------------------ Examples as follows; ORDER LIST Nick: shirt Colour code / Size ( S/M/L/XL ) / Quantity required 1. Harlequin Mania , HC0300 / L / 01 pcs 2. Harlequin Mania , HC0302 / L/ 01 pcs 3. ABC / HC0305 / M / 01 pcs 4. 5. Payment : Upon closing of sales , You can either bank transfer the money to me or cheque payment ect.. But I would prefer a internet or bank transfer. Date of closing is 28.02.2010 If you are doing a internet bank transfer, Please indicate your nickname in SRC, as your transaction initials so that I am able to find out who it is from . For ATM transfer... please indicate to me via PM / email or SM your bank account number, time, date and amount together with your nick so I can cross reference. Delivery / Collection Collection will be announce at a later date and most likely at a specified weekend date in one of the LFS or you can also collect from any of our moderator if they are staying near you. Or i can delivery it to you if your location is near my work place or home. I am also checking out the price to send the Polo t-shirt by register article if it doesnt cost too much for us. Thanks and looking forward to your support !!

Heard from irwanna that they will have a pre - CNY shipment with lots of RED Prata and other corals !!

V. Good and simple idea !