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Southern Line Islands Expedition, Coral Reef Preservation Information, Facts -- National Geographic
Photograph by Enric Sala Project Location A team of reef ecologists will examine the Southern Line Islands' pristine coral reefs. ... healthy coral reefs, to quantify the effects of human activity on these ecosystems, and to devise a blueprint for the conservation of degraded reefs. Enrique Sala featured in New York Times: Coral Reefs ...
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Caribbean Coral Reefs May Be "Silent Victims" of Violent 2004 Hurrican Season
"Hurricanes have lashed the Caribbean for thousands of years, and healthy coral reefs have been able to rebound because Nature allows them to regenerate," Cousteau explained. "Reefs are like our bodies, and stress reduces ...
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Coral Reefs: Rainforests of the Sea script
But generally coral cannot form reefs in cold water. Biologists believe that cold water inhibits the coral's ability to excrete the calcium carbonate necessary for reef building. Healthy coral reefs ...
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coral reefs blog
Coral Reefs blog News articles on Coral Reefs Weekly Newsletter | | Other topics News articles on Coral Reefs Mongabay.com news articles on coral reefs in blog format. Updated regularly. Background: Coral reefs ... 25 times. Coral reefs help protect from tsunami damage(12/18/2006) Healthy coral reefs can help reduce the impact of tsunami waves relative to unhealthy or dead reefs, ...
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Coral Reefs
Volcanoes can affect coral reefs in a different way. Although volcanoes have their sources deep in Earth's interior, they penetrate through the lithosphere. Photo: Coral reef ... smothered the coral, blocking out the sunlight. When temperatures returned to normal, the algal blooms died because they no longer had the nutrients they needed. The reefs were soon healthy again ...
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CHAMP - Coral Reef Biology - NOAA's Coral Health and Monitoring Program
Aside from their awe-inspiring vertical relief, coral reefs ...
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CHAMP - Coral Disease Identification and Information - NOAA's Coral Health and Monitoring Program
Coral Reefs 19 (1): 69-74 Edmunds PJ (1991). 'Extent and effect of black band disease on Caribbean reefs.' Coral Reefs 10 (3): 161-165 Feingold J ... bacterial communities between seawater and healthy, black band diseased, and dead coral surfaces.' Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68 (5):2214-2228 Garrett P Ducklow P (1975). 'Coral disease in Bermuda.' ...
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Coral reefs of Hawai'i
Ahupua'a benefited from healthy reefs with abundant resources, which could be traded to adjacent areas for additional resources not locally available. In contrast, overused or damaged reefs would have ... on coral reefs. Pp. 59-65 In: Proceedings of the Colloquium on global aspects of coral reefs: health, hazards, and history. University of Miami, FL. 420 pp. Richmond, R. H. 1993. Coral reefs: present ...
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Coral Bleaching and Disease Affect Broward Reefs
Water and Global Coral Reef Alliance, evaluated the health of over 450 coral colonies in two separate areas. The reefs in question are some of the best near shore coral reefs left in North ... still healthy reefs in front of Fort Lauderdale. The latter reefs are close to shore and protect the beach and protect the beach from erosion. Recent surveys show that the Broward County reefs are ...
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Efforts to Save Ailing Coral Reefs Should Continue
PAPERS LINKS EFFORTS TO SAVE AILING CORAL REEFS SHOULD CONTINUE, SCIENTISTS SAY The State, Columbia South Carolina, 10/28/2000 Kathryn Winiarski BALI, Indonesia—Coral reefs might not survive the next 20 ... But unless the pumping of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is cut quickly and drastically, healthy reefs will be anomalies. Corals are temperature-sensitive, and carbon dioxide traps heat in the ...
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