Rare algae hides in plain sight
Two marine biologists have found a red algae species that resembles a branching coral.
Plants & Animals
Feb 11, 2014
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Mexican Researcher identifies new species of marine algae
The species historically cited as the most abundant of coral algae that forms rodoliths at the Gulf of California in Mexico is in reality a compound of five different species. This finding was made by Jazmín Hernández Kantun, ...
Environment
Dec 31, 2013
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Related coral species differ in how they survive climate change effects
Ocean waters warming from climate change are placing coral reefs in jeopardy, but a new discovery suggests that two similar-looking coral species differ in how they survive.
Plants & Animals
Dec 13, 2013
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Clues in coral bleaching mystery
Coral reefs are tremendously important for ocean biodiversity, as well as for the economic and aesthetic value they provide to their surrounding communities. Unfortunately they have been in great decline in recent years, ...
Environment
Sep 5, 2013
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Nemo can't go home
Round the planet the loveable clownfish Nemo may be losing his home, a new scientific study has revealed.
Ecology
Aug 20, 2013
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A new coral reef species from the Gambier Islands, French Polynesia
The new species Echinophyllia tarae is described from the remote and poorly studied Gambier Islands, French Polynesia. Although the new species is common in the lagoon of Gambier Islands, its occurrence elsewhere is unknown. ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 26, 2013
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Mystery of before 370 Ma coral-stromatoporoid reef disappearing from the planet Earth
The coral-stromatoporoid reef disappearing from the planet earth was one of the most significant and representative phenomena for the Late Devonian F-F transitional mass extinction event. Professor GONG Yiming and his group ...
Environment
Jul 25, 2013
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Stop marine pollution to protect kelp forests
(Phys.org) —University of Adelaide marine biologists have found that reducing nutrient pollution in coastal marine environments should help protect kelp forests from the damaging effects of rising CO2.
Environment
Jul 17, 2013
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Microbes capture, store, and release nitrogen to feed reef-building coral
Microscopic algae that live within reef-forming corals scoop up available nitrogen, store the excess in crystal form, and slowly feed it to the coral as needed, according to a study published in mBio, the online open-access ...
Environment
May 14, 2013
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Revising Darwin's sinking-island theory: New study helps resolve a dispute over the origins of coral-reef formations
The three different formations of South Pacific coral-reef islands have long fascinated geologists. Tahiti's coral forms a "fringing" reef, a shelf growing close to the island's shore. The "barrier" reefs of Bora Bora are ...
Earth Sciences
May 13, 2013
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