January 2010 REEF No. 38 ENCOUNTER Newsletter of the International Society for Reef Studies Darwin’s Corals ISSN 0255-2787 www.fit.edu/isrs/ Reef Encounter No. 38, January 2010 Newsletter of the International Society for Reef Studies Editor: Sue Wells 95 Burnside, Cambridge CB1 3PA, UK Tel +44 1223 711017. Email:
[email protected] Co-editors: SL Coles, A Heenan Contents President: Richard Aronson Biological Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, Editorial 3 150 West University Boulevard, Melbourne, FL 32901 Florida, USA. Tel. +1 321 674 8034, Fax +1 321 674 7238 ISRS Comment Email:
[email protected] From the President 3 ISRS Financial Report 2008 4 Vice President: Tim McClanahan Wildlife Conservation Society, Coral Reef Conservation ISRS News Project, P.O. Box 99470, Mombasa, Kenya. More than just ‘Best Paper’: Coral Reefs Vol 27 5 http://web.mac.com/trmcclanahan/iWeb/trmcclanahan/ 100 Questions of Importance for the Conservation 6 email:
[email protected] of Global Biodiversity Corresponding Secretary: Isabelle Côté ISRS Fellowship Programme Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 2009 Fellowship Awards 7 Burnaby, BC V5A 1S5, Canada. Email:
[email protected] Reports of the 2007 Fellowships 7 Recording Secretary: Morgan Pratchett Currents ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, Letter to the Editor 9 James Cook University, Townsville QLD 47811 Australia. The need for a new peer review system in coral 10 Tel +61 7 47815747; Email:
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