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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 ...
Coral Ecosystem - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
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The Coral Disease and Health Consortium is a network of field and laboratory scientists, coral reef managers, and agency representatives devoted to ...
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 ...
Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal ...
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Mesophotic coral ecosystems consist of light-dependent corals and associated communities found at depths ranging from 30 to 150 meters beneath the ...
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 ...
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 ...
[PDF] Coral Reef Restora on Monitoring Guide - National Oceanic and ...
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many cultural, commercial, and ecological purposes. As coral reefs con nue to decline around the world, more people are using restora on to help ...
Ecology, Integrity and Status of Caribbean Mesophotic Coral Reefs
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Mesophotic coral ecosystem off La Parguera, Puerto Rico, at a depth of 45 m (147 ft). Credit: Hector Ruiz. Why We Care With the overall health of ...
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 ...
The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific ...
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The 2008 State of Coral Reef Ecosystems report includes contributions from over 230 respected coral reef scientists and managers. For each of the 15 ...
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 ...
Spawning Success: Scientists Witness Rare Mesophotic Coral Reproduction ...
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For the first time, scientists documented the captive spawning of a species of mesophotic octocoral—a breakthrough that could further restoration ...
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 ...
Successful Survivorship of Mesophotic Corals at Hollings Marine ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/successful-survivorship-of-mesophotic-corals-at-hollings-marine-laboratory-contributes-to-studies-of-coral-biology/
NCCOS scientists at Hollings Marine Laboratory in Charleston, SC transferred the coral colonies back to shore for laboratory-based studies. The ...
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 ...
Using large-area imaging to evaluate the impacts of the 2023 mass ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/internships/using-large-area-imaging-to-evaluate-the-impacts-of-the-2023-mass-bleaching-event-on-a-coral-reef-in-the-florida-keys-miami-fl/
There has been considerable effort to understand the impacts of mass coral bleaching events on coral reef ecosystems. To date, studies have primarily ...
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 ...
Coral reef restoration monitoring guide: Methods to evaluate ...
coastalscience.noaa.gov/data_reports/coral-reef-restoration-monitoring-guide-methods-to-evaluate-restoration-success-from-local-to-ecosystem-scales/
The Coral Restoration Database allows the input of comparable restoration projects and monitoring data. The Coral Restoration Evaluation Tool allows ...
Coral Anatomy and Histopathology Terms - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Perforate coral – coral that has a porous skeleton with gastrovascular canals that connect the gastrovascular cavities of the polyps along the surface ...
Photo Identification Guides for Deep-sea Corals and Sponges Now ...
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Iridogorgia magnispiralis, southwest Florida escarpment. Credit: NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research. Two new photo identification guides ...