Sentences with phrase «by coral fragments»

It was my first time seeing a pink beach and I was mesmerised by the coral fragments giving the sand its warm pink hue.

Two meters (six and a half feet) below the surface he encountered a layer of sediment marked by coral fragments, mollusk shells and coarse beach sand that could only have come from the sea.

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The work is part of an effort to bring dying reefs back to life by growing tiny coral fragments in labs or nurseries — between four and 25 times as fast as they'd grow in the wild — and planting those fragments on reefs.

The researchers have figured out how to cultivate new coral much faster than it would naturally grow in the wild, by planting small fragments in specialized tanks and underwater nurseries.

Each venomous snake species produces a unique venom, a mixture of around 50 - 200 toxic proteins and protein fragments that co-evolve with the typical prey of the snake, such as the smaller reptiles eaten by the eastern coral snake or the rodents preferred by rattlesnakes.

These hardy corals — known as coralliths — grow on pebbles or fragments of dead reefs, and they can survive being buffeted by waves and ocean currents.

The coral's surface area (A) was calculated by considering the branched fragments as perfect cylinders, hence the height and diameter were measured and used for the cylinder - coral fragment surface area calculation (Mass et al., 2007).

Physorg reports «This simple restoration process requires very little training, meaning that moving and reattaching elkhorn coral fragments can be done by recreational divers and could be woven into public educational activities and adopted by volunteer groups.»