http://www.calacademy.org/medialibrary/blogs/gulfofguinea/?p=510 The island biodiversity race Mon, 13 May 2013 17:03:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.calacademy.org/medialibrary/blogs/gulfofguinea/?p=510&cpage=1#comment-6736 bob Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:36:05 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/medialibrary/blogs/gulfofguinea/?p=510#comment-6736 That they are, and over 30% of them on the islands are not yet known to science

]]> http://www.calacademy.org/medialibrary/blogs/gulfofguinea/?p=510&cpage=1#comment-6734 Mike Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:27:14 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/medialibrary/blogs/gulfofguinea/?p=510#comment-6734 Interesting! Mushrooms are cool!

]]> http://www.calacademy.org/medialibrary/blogs/gulfofguinea/?p=510&cpage=1#comment-6733 bob Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:10:29 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/medialibrary/blogs/gulfofguinea/?p=510#comment-6733 I wish that were the case, but it is not likely, given human population growth in general and likely development on the islands in particular… Our job is to let the islanders know what they have so that they can at least make informed decisions down the road… thanks for the comment.

]]> http://www.calacademy.org/medialibrary/blogs/gulfofguinea/?p=510&cpage=1#comment-6732 jim Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:35:32 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/medialibrary/blogs/gulfofguinea/?p=510#comment-6732 Great! lets hope very few humans ever go near there again!

]]> http://www.calacademy.org/medialibrary/blogs/gulfofguinea/?p=510&cpage=1#comment-6731 bob Mon, 04 Jun 2012 18:00:46 +0000 http://www.calacademy.org/medialibrary/blogs/gulfofguinea/?p=510#comment-6731 Thanks, Charles… the bioluminescent ‘shrooms came as a rather major surprise to us, having been creeping about in the forest at night off and on for 12 years. One of our former field compadres is Dr. Dennis Desjardin (GG II and GG III) who is involved in this field in a major way. He is a Professor at San Francisco STate U. and I suggest you contact him.
thanks again for the comment.

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