Read about different predator-prey relationships on the reef. Like lions on ... Giant triton (snail) -> Crown-of-thorns starfish -> Hard coral One of the few predators of the crown-of-thorns ...

snails, and small fish. More importantly, they seed the ocean with baby corals when they spawn, or reproduce, helping damaged sections of reef recover. Plus, this particular coral may be resilient ...

A new study led by Prof. Adi Torfstein from the Hebrew University and Prof. Oren Levy from Bar-Ilan University, in ...

Cone snails can be found in the intertidal zone of warmer oceans and seas, as well as deeper, in areas such as coral reefs.

the framework of the coral reef is filled with sediment and cemented with calcite and aragonite. If sea level changes, the reefs become exposed to corrosive rainwater that dissolves the unstable ...

The variety of life found on coral reefs attracts some of the ocean’s deadliest ... The hermit crab has a soft abdomen which it protects by occupying shells left empty by dead sea snails and other ...

In addition to the coral incubator on Tri Nguyen Island, the company has been assigned to manage 28 hectares of coral in Tien ...

Coral reef research has focused on the twin evils birthed by record-high greenhouse gas emissions: warming oceans and increasingly acidic seawater. These global threats are caused by seawater ...