The reliance of hermatypic (e.g., reef-building) corals on photosynthetic zooxanthallae to grow fast enough to produce reefs further limits coral reef distribution. Photosynthesis requires light ...

and simple environmental factors such as light and water flow aren’t enough to explain the variety. What coral researchers could really use is a computer model that simulates how polyps grow into ...

"We initially thought that algal exudates—dissolved organic substances released by algae—were the main drivers of harmful ...

Excessive seaweed growth on reefs can block sunlight from corals’ surfaces, release chemicals that affect coral survival, slow the corals’ growth and make it harder for new corals to establish ...

Although some branching corals can grow rapidly ... “Just like moths to light, marine creatures are attracted to coral reefs by sound. After reef fish hatch, most species spend days to weeks ...

1 Atsushi Miyawaki and colleagues engineered monomeric fluorescent protein 22Gm3 (renamed "Dronpa") from the coral Pectiniidae and found that strong irradiation at 488 nm converts it to a ...

Reviving dying coral reefs is about as far removed from Masato Ueda’s experience as one could possibly imagine, given that his field of expertise is metallurgy and its benefits in treating ...

Excessive seaweed growth on reefs can block sunlight from corals' surfaces, release chemicals that affect coral survival, slow the corals' growth and make it harder for new corals to establish ...