NSU Currents Fall 2014 Newsletter - Volume XXV, Issue 2

2 Deep Sea Researcher Studies Ancient Marine Animals (continued from page 1) Numerous sea lilies ( Holopus rangii ) are seen under an overhanging ledge at a depth of about 390 meters. The stump of a dead Holopus (arrow) and a few Cyathidium pourtalesi , its tiny dark relative, are also visible. Collecting a juvenile Holopus with the submersible Idabel ’s simple net OC Faculty Member Published in Nature Climate Change The newest member of the OC faculty, Joana Figueiredo , Ph.D., assistant professor, recently published a paper, “Increased Local Retention of Reef Coral Larvae as a Result of Ocean Warming,” in the journal Nature Climate Change (Issue 4, pages 498–502, 2014). The study has important implications for coral reefs in a changing climate world. Nature Climate Change is ranked number one in environmental sciences impact factors. The article can be accessed online at http://tinyurl.com/figueiredo2014ncc . Joana Figueiredo, Ph.D., OC assistant professor Okinawa reefs (photo credit: Joana Figueiredo)