He found major changes in baby coral caused by these chemical additions to the water, both during the lifetime of the organisms and beyond. (scientificamerican.com)
Dr. Dahlgren and two other divers had scuba gear and did the actual planting (I'm using «plant» here as in «place or fix in a specific position,» I know that coral is not a plant); the rest of us were in charge of swimming our baskets of baby coral from the boat to the reef and getting each precious piece to one of the divers working below. (treehugger.com)