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Coral Polyp Anatomy - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Coral Polyp Anatomy Corals, often mistaken for plants due to their flower-like appearance, are animals that generally exist in the form of colonies ...
Coral Biology - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Coral Biology The basic living unit of the class Anthozoa (further subdivided into subclass Hexacorallia, which includes stony corals, and subclass ...
Coral Disease - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Coral Disease – History and General Information History Coral disease was first recognized as a threat to Caribbean reefs in 1972 when Antonius ...
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science - NCCOS
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Shallow Water Corals Coral reefs are living, three-dimensional, underwater structures that provide habitat to algae, fish, crustaceans, and other ...
Critical Research on Coral Reproduction During the Annual Spawning ...
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Recruits of the brain coral Diploria labyrinthiformis that have settled onto substrate and successfully undergone metamorphosis into their polyp ...
Microscopic Anatomy - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Microscopic Anatomy The fundamental structure of a coral polyp is a cylindrical sac lined composed of two layers of epithelia: the surface body wall ...
Benthic Habitat Mapping of Florida Coral Reef Ecosystems to Support ...
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The shallow-water coral reef ecosystem of southern Florida is important for several reasons. The coral reef ecosystem, which extends 170 miles (275 ...
Coral Skeleton - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Coral colonies grow by adding new polyps through the process of budding, where a parent polyp is divided into two or more daughter polyps. This ...
Blushing Star Coral from Deeper Reefs May Help Replenish Shallow Reefs ...
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A colony of blushing star coral, Stephanocoenia intersepta, on a mesophotic reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.Credit: Ryan Eckert ...
Coral Reproduction - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Coral Reproduction Corals, like many sessile organisms that are unable to search for compatible partners, have adapted unique reproductive strategies ...
White Band Disease - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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White Band Disease (WBD) is a common tissue loss disease that affects the two Caribbean acroporid species Acropora cervicornis and Acropora palmata ...
NOAA-sponsored Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Ecosystems Research ...
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Late last month, coral research at Dania Beach made its way to the limelight when NSU officially opened its new Center of Excellence for Coral Reef ...
Genomics Guides Restoration of Coral Affected by Deepwater Horizon Oil ...
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A team of scientists and explorers, including researchers from the NCCOS Deep Coral Ecology Laboratory in Charleston, South Carolina, completed its ...
Home - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Welcome to the CDHCThe Coral Health and Disease Consortium is a collective of scientists focused on preserving and protecting coral reef ...
White Plague - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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White Plague White plague (WP) is a common tissue loss disease that affects a broad range of scleractinian coral species. White plague is one of the ...
Dark Spot Disease - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Dark spot disease (DSD) is a non-lethal coral disease that is characterized by lesions of purple or brown discoloration. Dark spot disease is known to ...
NCCOS Scientist Recognized as Expert in the GIS Community
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The National Coral Reef Monitoring Program Data Visualization Tool enables users to view information about the habitat and locations of collected data ...
Black Band Disease - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Black band disease (BBD) is an infectious coral disease that is globally present and affects 19 scleractinian coral species. Black band disease is ...
Field Guides - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Field Guides for Coral Disease. Western Atlantic Coral Diseases. Download PDF. Threatened Corals of the U.S. Pacific Islands. Download PDF ...
Characterized Diseases - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Characterized Diseases White Band Disease White Band Disease (WBD) is a common tissue loss disease that affects the two Caribbean acroporid species ...