The percentage of necrosis in the samples was measured as an indicator of this coral ... species is likely to face an inevitable population collapse in the shallow waters of the Mediterranean.

yet support approximately 25 percent of all marine species. Coral reefs provide more than just shelter though—they modify the flow of water and influence wave patterns, distributing nutrients ...

Seven coral species present in the Florida reef are ... It was first found in the Mediterranean Sea but is spreading. "We need to understand, and decision-makers need to understand, that the ...

In 2012, the agency proposed to upgrade the coral's Endangered Species Act status from "threatened" to "endangered." And now, thanks to a lawsuit filed by the Center, elkhorn and staghorn corals also ...

Seen up close, each polyp has a tube-like body and an opening ringed with dozens of “transparent” tentacles. These ...

Biologists, using a technique that explores both genes and structural characteristics, have introduced 10 new species of marine sponge. Despite their distinction as one of Earth's oldest lifeforms and ...

In 2012, the agency proposed to upgrade the coral's Endangered Species Act status from "threatened" to "endangered." And now, thanks to a lawsuit filed by the Center, elkhorn and staghorn corals also ...

60, No. 4 (2015), pp. 1356-1370 (15 pages) Correlations between solar radiation, sea surface temperature (SST), biometry, and population density were assessed along a wide latitudinal gradient in the ...

"A large amount of waste accumulates on the seabed, endangering the survival of the Coral Garden and all its species ... protect similar ecosystems in the Mediterranean and beyond.

In a series of newly published groundbreaking studies, researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Hawaiʻi Institute ...

The Coral Triangle is a marine region that spans those parts of Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste with at least 500 species of reef-building ...