News tagged with coral colonies
Coral face 'a stormy future'
Jun 23, 2009 |
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As global warming whips up more powerful and frequent hurricanes and storms, the world's coral reefs face increased disruption to their ability to breed and recover from damage.
Deep sea corals may be oldest living marine organism
Mar 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Deep-sea corals from about 400 meters off the coast of the Hawaiian Islands are much older than once believed and some may be the oldest living marine organisms known to man.
Gene decides whether coral relative will fuse or fight
Mar 19, 2009 |
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When coral colonies meet one another on the reef, they have two options: merge into a single colony or reject each other and aggressively compete for space. Now, a report in the March 19th Current Biology, a Cell Press public ...
Bacterial pathogens and rising temperatures threaten coral health
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Jan 20, 2009 |
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Coral reefs around the world are in serious trouble from pollution, over-fishing, climate change and more. The last thing they need is an infection. But that's exactly what yellow band disease (YBD) is—a bacterial infection ...
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Coral bleaching increases chances of coral disease
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Mass coral bleaching has devastated coral colonies around the world for almost three decades. Now scientists have found that bleaching can make corals more susceptible to disease and, in turn, coral disease ...
Red Sea coral seen to feed on jellyfish
Nov 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Corals depends on the products of photosynthetic algae for most of their food, but they also eat tiny plankton. Now, for the first time, there is evidence of a coral eating jellyfish.
8-day undersea mission begins experiment to improve coral reef restoration
Jun 14, 2008 |
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Scientists have begun an eight-day mission, in which they are living and working at 60 feet below the sea surface, to determine why some species of coral colonies survive transplanting after a disturbance, ...
Smithsonian scientists working to save microscopic threatened species
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Sep 26, 2007 |
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The Smithsonian’s National Zoo recently acquired 12,000 new animals—microscopic Elkhorn coral larvae harvested by National Zoo scientists in Puerto Rico—as part of an international collaborative program to ...
How to structure a complex body plan
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Jul 25, 2007 |
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Phenotypic flexibility enables multicellular organisms to adjust morphologies to variable environmental challenges. Such plastic variations are also documented in reef corals. Coral colonies are made of multiple genetically ...
Hawaii protecting coral reefs with big fines
Aug 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Wrecking coral will cost you in Hawaii. A Maui tour company is paying the state nearly $400,000 for damaging more than 1,200 coral colonies when one of its boats sank at Molokini, a pristine reef and popular diving ...
Coral reefs may start dissolving when atmospheric CO2 doubles
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Mar 09, 2009 |
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Rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the resulting effects on ocean water are making it increasingly difficult for coral reefs to grow, say scientists. A study to be published online March 13, 2009 in ...
Calm before the spawn: Climate change and coral spawning
Nov 04, 2009 |
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What's the point of setting up marine reserves to protect coral reefs from pollution, ship groundings and overfishing if climate change could cause far more damage? A study published this week in London in Proceedings of ...
Study finds seasonal seas save corals with 'tough love'
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Nov 29, 2007 |
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Finally, some good news about the prospects of coral reefs in the age of climate change. According to a new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society, corals may actually survive rising ocean temperatures ...
Suicide: unexpected coral killer
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Mar 20, 2007 |
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A mysterious disease is causing the corals of the Great Barrier Reef to kill themselves - and scientists are battling to find out why.
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