Denver Zoo keeping Florida coral alive as researchers look for cure to disease decimating reefs
The Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance is safeguarding Florida coral as researchers search for a cure for stony coral tissue ...
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A Probiotic to Protect Caribbean Corals
A bacterial strain from healthy corals could slow the progression and prevent transmission of the destructive stony coral tissue loss disease in the wild. Mariella is an assistant editor at The ...
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Coral Reefs
The connection between polyps allows for the sharing of nutrients. Beneath the soft bodies of scleractinian, or stony corals, polyps secrete a calcium carbonate skeleton, and it is this skeleton ...
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Israeli, international researchers find medications infected Eilat's coral
The research team took samples from 96 reef-building stony corals, some of which lay more than 30 meters below the ocean surface. The results were shocking – regardless of the depth, none of the ...
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Restored Corals Spawn Hope for Reefs Worldwide
In 2018, a storm prevented us from monitoring the corals; in 2019, the site was hit hard by the deadly stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) outbreak, and we did not witness any spawning activity.
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Harte initiative saving 300 rare coral reefs through Operation Coral Rescue
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Rare coral reefs move into the new home at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico studies at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi for further research through ...
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Denver Zoo keeping Florida coral alive as researchers look for cure to disease decimating reefs
"The Florida reef is being decimated by something called stony coral tissue loss disease," she said. Since the disease is transmitted through water, the Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission ...