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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 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 Ecosystem - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
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Coral Ecosystems NCCOS research helps shed light on corals and their understudied communities, restoration science, the ecological role they play, and ...
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 ...
Spawning Success: Scientists Witness Rare Mesophotic Coral Reproduction ...
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The corals spawned simultaneously in two of the labs, giving scientists an unprecedented opportunity to observe their reproductive habits, spawning ...
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 ...
National Inventory of Deep-sea Corals and Sponges: Development of a ...
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Deep-sea corals and sponges provide important habitats for a variety of fish and important commercial seafood species, including shrimp and crabs, and ...
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 ...
Photo Identification Guides for Deep-sea Corals and Sponges Now ...
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Photographic catalog of deep-sea corals collected from the U.S. West Atlantic margin by NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer in years 2017–2019, released March ...
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 ...
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 ...
How do Light-dependent Mesophotic Corals Survive and Thrive under Low ...
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The ability of deep, light dependent mesophotic corals to grow in low-light conditions is a poorly understood realm of biology. Research, sponsored in ...
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 ...
Azooxanthellate? Most Hawaiian black corals contain Symbiodinium
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The ecological success of shallow-water reef-building corals (Hexacorallia: Scleractinia) is framed by their intimate endosymbiosis with ...
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 ...
Long-distance Reefs May Be Key to Coral Recovery From Bleaching in ...
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An NCCOS-funded study used modeling to demonstrate that the quick recovery of bleached corals in the past five mass bleaching events in Moorea and ...
Acropora White Syndromes - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Acropora White Syndromes General Diagnostics: Lesions on elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) and staghorn coral (A. cervicornis) characterized by recent ...
Coral Skeleton - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Coral Skeleton Coral skeleton is comprised of aragonite, a crystal form of calcium carbonate. The skeleton of each individual coral polyp is called ...
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 ...