Scientists successfully breed corals to improve their heat tolerance
Credit: Dr. James Guest A new study has shown that selective breeding can lead to a slight increase in corals' ...
Tag: corals
More corals do not equal more fish on the reefs
Coral use among fish and correlation coefficients (r) between fish metrics (abundance, biomass and species richness) and percent coral cover. ...
Compounds released from reef bleaching promote bacteria, potentially further stressing corals
Researchers dive on a coral reef in Mo'orea, French Polynesia, during the 2019 bleaching event. Credit: Snowy Arts of NIOZ ...
Industrial pollutants discovered for the first time in Mediterranean corals
The coral species Cladocora caespitosa. Credit: Diego K. Kersting Pollutants from the burning of fossil fuels have been discovered in ...
Deep-sea sensor reveals corals produce reactive oxygen species
Manipulator Alvin moves SOLARIS to the surface of a colony of Paragorgia arborea. Credit: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Just like ...
Study identifies key algae species that help soft corals survive warming oceans
CoralWatch Coral Health Chart bleaching map scores for each species. (A) Proportion of M. elongata colonies in each bleaching condition. ...
