{"id":3286,"date":"2010-12-30T09:55:56","date_gmt":"2010-12-30T13:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=3286"},"modified":"2010-12-30T09:55:56","modified_gmt":"2010-12-30T13:55:56","slug":"help-reef-make-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=3286","title":{"rendered":"Help REEF Make A Difference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just a few days remain to get your  donation in for the 2010 tax year. Please consider supporting the  important marine  conservation work that REEF conducts.<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reef.org\/contribute\" target=\"_blank\"> <strong>Click here to donate using our secure online form<\/strong><\/a>,  or you can mail your donation to PO Box 246, Key Largo, FL 33037.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The REEF Survey Project  database \u2013 the largest marine  life species database in the world &#8211; is frequently used by the  scientific community<\/strong> for a variety of studies that this year  included the following scientific publications:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An article on the decline of  sharks and rays by Christine Ward-Paige et al. \u201cLarge-Scale Absence of  Sharks on Reefs in the Greater-Caribbean: A Footprint of Human  Pressures.\u201d PLoS-ONE;<\/li>\n<li>An article evaluating  patterns of hamlet distributions by Ben Holt et al. \u201cSignature of  speciation? Distribution and diversity of Hypoplectrus (Teleostei:  Serranidae) colour morphotypes.\u201d Global Ecology and Biogeography; and<\/li>\n<li>An article on Greenbanded  Gobies by Ben Victor. \u201cThe Redcheek Paradox: the mismatch between  genetic and phenotypic divergence.\u201d Journal of the Ocean Science  Foundation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>REEF also continues to take the  lead in addressing the complex and growing challenge of the lionfish invasion in  Florida, Bahamas, and Caribbean, which is now drawing the attention of  environmental scientists and governments around the world. Recently, the  invasion was ranked by a group of noted scientists as<strong> one of the top  15 greatest threats to  biological diversity facing the world today!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We could not do this vitally  important work without you.<\/strong> Please consider making a generous gift  to support our important programs. And thank you to all our members who  have already donated.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reef.org\/reef_files\/images\/PaulSignature.thumbnail.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"62\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Paul Humann<\/p>\n<p>President, REEF Board of Trustees<\/p>\n<p>P.S. As a special thank you,  individuals who make a contribution of $250 or more will receive this  signed 11&#215;14 limited-edition print of a spectacular coral grouper.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reef.org\/contribute\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reef.org\/reef_files\/images\/coralgrouper.img_assist_custom-250x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reef.org\/contribute\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reef.org\/reef_files\/contribute.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Please donate to REEF today to  help protect marine  ecosystems for generations to come.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a few days remain to get your  donation in for the 2010 tax year. Please consider supporting the  important marine  conservation work that REEF conducts. Click here to donate using our secure online form,  or you can mail your donation to PO Box 246, Key Largo, FL 33037.<br \/>\nThe REEF Survey Project  database \u2013 the largest marine  life species database in the world &#8211; is frequently used by the  scientific community for a variety of studies that this year  included the following scientific publications:<\/p>\n<p>An article on the decline of  sharks and rays by Christine Ward-Paige et al. \u201cLarge-Scale Absence of  Sharks on Reefs in the Greater-Caribbean: A Footprint of Human  Pressures.\u201d PLoS-ONE;<br \/>\nAn article evaluating  patterns of hamlet distributions by Ben Holt et al. \u201cSignature of  speciation? Distribution and diversity of Hypoplectrus (Teleostei:  Serranidae) colour morphotypes.\u201d Global &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12,23,45,3,9,37,11,32,31,17,10,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aow","category-artificial-reefs","category-events","category-fish","category-ow","category-photography","category-promotions","category-reefs","category-reference","category-report","category-training","category-videography","category-wrecks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Help REEF Make A Difference - Divetalking<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Divetalking\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=3286\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Help REEF Make A Difference\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Divetalking\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.divetalking.com\/?p=3286\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Divetalking\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Divetalking\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-12-30T13:55:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.reef.org\/reef_files\/images\/PaulSignature.thumbnail.gif\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?p=3286#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?p=3286\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/02d5721103fd9d171fcc8cfb74d80947\"},\"headline\":\"Help REEF Make A Difference\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-12-30T13:55:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?p=3286\"},\"wordCount\":310,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.divetalking.com\\\/?p=3286#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.reef.org\\\/reef_files\\\/images\\\/PaulSignature.thumbnail.gif\",\"articleSection\":[\"Adv. 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