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CHAMP - Coral Reef Biology - NOAA's Coral Health and Monitoring Program
Coral Reefs? Coral Reef Biology Coral Reefs & Governments Coral Reefs & Private Organizations Coral Reefs, Schools, & Higher Learning Coral Reef Research Coral Reefs & Commerce Coral Reefs & the Internet What plants and animals are found on and near coral reefs? Coral ... fish seeking shelter and the diver hacking away at old coral growth to reach the hidden, incapacitated fish. The growing demand for ...
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Coral Siltation References
Jamaican reef-building coral Montastrea annularis.” Marine Biology 68: 229-233. Dodge, R. E., Aller, R.C. & Thomson, J. (1974). “Coral growth related to resuspension of bottom sediments.” Nature 247: 574-577. Dodge, R. E., Vaisnys, J.R. (1977). “Coral populations and growth patterns: responses to sedimentation ...
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Coral reefs of Hawai'i
In addition, coral growth rates are highest in the main Hawaiian islands and decrease in the northwest ... growth are optimal. Hawaiian reefs protected from waves are almost always dominated by finger coral, whose thin vertical branches quickly overgrow other coral species. These patterns suggest that finger coral is the dominant coral ...
coralreefnetwork.com

Pemuteran Coral Reef Restoration Project (Bali)
Global Coral Reef Alliance’s coral reef restoration program, and donations in kind from Yos Dive Shop and Pondok Sari Hotel. The success of these structures in stimulating rapid coral growth ... of coral growth is likely to vary strongly between different coral species and between structures receiving different amounts of current. Therefore it will be especially important to monitor the growth of all ...
globalcoral.org

In the News - National Coral Reef Institute
Richard Spieler, an NSU professor heading a study on coral growth. Three years ago, Florida ... try to repair the damage, as well as study coral reef growth. The study is expected to last three years. ... coral growth. Other fish enhance it,'' Spieler said. Living corals also will be planted on the reef balls throughout the year to try to stimulate growth ...
nova.edu

Coral grief
Against a background of rising sea temperatures, every extra blip on the temperature graph produces coral carnage. Coral reefs, he says, are becoming ‘the first ecosystems to suffer large-scale damage ... direct impact on coral growth. The gas dissolves in seawater to make it more acidic, slowing down the formation of calcium carbonate, which forms the skeleton of the living coral and ultimately the ...
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CHAMP - Literature - NOAA's Coral Health and Monitoring Program
Manual for Coral Reef Management" by L. Bunce, P. Townsley, R. Pomeroy, R. Pollnac in PDF format. (~15Mb) Dr. Anne Cohen's list of references on gorgonian growth rates. Selected bibliography of storms as they relate to coral health. CHAMP's Coral Literature Bibliography, accumulated from references posted on the Coral List Server. New scientific ...
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CHAMP - ICON/CREWS - NOAA's Integrated Coral Observing Network
Coral Reef Early Warning System (CREWS), and this system ... coral bleaching and other coral reef-related alert and modeling expert systems are therefore of necessity dependent upon the expertise of problem domain experts, such as those who study coral bleaching, coral reef growth ...
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Coral Bleaching and Disease Affect Broward Reefs
Broward County reefs are overgrown by the slimy cyano-bacterial mats typically found around sewage outfalls in South Florida. This algae growth appears to be expanding. Broward reefs are known to have the largest living stands of the once common Staghorn coral remaining in the Caribbean region as ...
globalcoral.org

The Coral Reef: A Living Wonder
Beneath the South Pacific •The Coral Reef: A Living Wonder •Coral Reefs: Rainforests of the Sea • ... coral polyps. Coral polyps live on plankton and also on sunlight, utilizing symbiotic algae in their skin tissue to augment their diet. This makes reef growth ... Education View entire film script Tiny colonial animals called coral polyps work together to produce reefs, the largest living ...
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