Sentences with phrase «branching coral found»

Isis hippuris is a yellow, branching coral found in the tropical waters of the western Pacific.

The rosy periwinkle yields treatments for cancer, as does a yellow, branching coral found off the coast of Japan.

Not exact matches

«We found that both branching and massive corals exposed at low tide coped better with heat stress than s corals from deeper water,» says co-author Professor Malcolm McCulloch from the Coral CoE.

If you allow time to search the corals, there are opportunities for finding longnose hawkfish, frogfish and seahorses among the branches.

For example, squirrel - fish can be found hiding in coral branches or coves, sandtile fish can be found living in burrows in the sand of the sea floor, houndfish and barracudas can be found swimming near the surface of the water, large groupers can be found hiding in overhangs or caves, and moray eels can be found hiding in holes and crevices within the corals.

Hidden in between the coral branches you will also find a spectrum of beautiful reef fish.

To determine their effect on individual corals, the scientists exposed small branch clippings, otherwise known as «nubbins,» of two species — Stylophora pistillata and Pocillopora damicornis, both found in the Red Sea — to solutions of 6 different dispersants for a period of 24 hours and monitored their health for the ensuing week.

«Previous studies have shown a two to three year delay in reproduction after severe bleaching but at most of the reefs we are finding colonies of Acropora [branching hard coral] colonies with early signs of egg development in shallow waters, 3m to 6m deep.»