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Tyler Stiem
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email: t.stiem@fisheries.ubc.ca
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Species Spotlight

Lined Seahorse (H. erectus)

H. erectus develops elaborate skin fronds and has variable forms and may represent more than one species.

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"Seaweed farming can be a double-edged sword. ... it’s an important livelihood; but careless farming can damage reefs..."
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Staff Spotlight

Senlin Zheng
Visiting Fellow

Featured Resource

Dispersal, habitat differences, and comparative phylogeography of Southeast Asian seahorses (Syngnathidae: Hippocampus)
Four distinct phylogeographical patterns across Southeast Asia were observed for four species of seahorse (genus Hippocampus) with differing ecologies. For all species, genetic differentiation (based...
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CITES, conservation and geopolitics

3 Aug 2011

Dr. Amanda Vincent, Director of Project Seahorse, reports from the latest meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES. Read the latest news about marine conservation in West Africa and the Indo-Pacific. Read her blog here.