One year later, the lab-reared coral were transplanted onto a living reef. "In four years, these branching corals have grown to a size of a soccer ball and reproduced, simultaneously with their ...

Extensive loss of branching corals and changes in coral community structure in Australia's Palm Islands region over the past century has been revealed in a new study. Dr Tara Clark of The ...

The researchers say those differences "may affect habitat provision for some marine species and resilience to future heat waves, as branching corals are more sensitive to bleaching." While longer ...

A critical issue in reef conservation efforts is the slow rate at which corals can recover from damage. Although some branching corals can grow rapidly, most grow only a few centimeters annually ...

During this time, the temperatures remained high. Alex told me that around 90% of the branching corals at Lizard Island died. Even Percy’s “kitchen” – a boulder coral where the ingenious ...

"Branching coral populations exposed to intermediate or low storm frequencies are known to have primarily sexual populations, whereas sites with the highest storm frequencies have mostly clonal ...

Restoration projects heavily favour quick-growing branching corals. The delicate branches of these corals are more susceptible to becoming fragments of opportunity, and are also easier to ...

Laser Doppler anemometry was utilized within a laboratory flume to measure water velocities encountered 200 micrometer from coral surfaces by microscopic larvae sitting at different locations within a ...

and a higher heat conduction into the skeleton of the thin-tissued branching S. pistillata as compared to the massive thick-tissued P. lobata. Decreasing absorptance associated with bleaching resulted ...