Sentences with phrase «formed by the coral»

An atoll is an island or islands of dry land formed by a coral reef.

Algae make the water purplish, and the sand, formed by coral and mollusk shells, is black.

Not exact matches

Symbiodinium is a unicellular alga that plays a major role in coral reefs by forming symbiotic partnerships with invertebrates, providing them with the ability to photosynthesize.

When carbon dioxide, CO2, from the atmosphere is absorbed by the ocean, it forms carbonic acid (the same thing that makes soda fizz), making the ocean more acidic and decreasing the ocean's pH. This increase in acidity makes it more difficult for many marine organisms to grow their shells and skeletons, and threatens coral reefs the world over.

The Calera process essentially mimics marine cement, which is produced by coral when making their shells and reefs, taking the calcium and magnesium in seawater and using it to form carbonates at normal temperatures and pressures.

By analyzing the sediments, scientists can predict how much coral and algae were present on mesophotic reef environment, this new information has important implications from interpreting ancient reef environments found in fossils, where the abundance of diverse habitat forming species can not be analyzed visually.

In general, coral species that are more resistant to bleaching can be characterized by massive growth forms, thick or less - integrated tissues and slow growth rates.

Non-market supporting services are provided by deep - sea ecosystems in the form of habitat provision, nursery grounds, trophic support, refugia, and biodiversity functions provided by assemblages on seamounts, coral and sponge reefs, banks, canyons, slopes, fjords and other settings (Armstrong et al., 2012; Mengerink et al., 2014; Thurber et al., 2014; Levin and Le Bris, 2015).

At the coral colony level, fast - growing species that are characterized by fine - structured, branching or tabular growth forms tend to be more susceptible to bleaching.

Corals, sea squirts, sponges and tube worms all begin life as larvae floating in the water, and other research teams have shown that they too respond to compounds released by bacteria as signals to attach themselves to rocks or other surfaces and transition to a new life form.

Over 1,500 mounds formed from coral deposits and shaped by erosion.

The long stretch of tropical beach is protected by coral reef forming a natural swimming pool, particularly good for children who love to explore the marine life in the placid blue sea.

A pearl fringed by one of the most beautiful coral reefs in the world, it is small yet perfectly formed.

The skeletons of the dead corals, the living corals, the shells of other organisms, and the lime secreted by certain encrusting and creeping algae accumulate and form the physical structure of the reef.

The reef is a living wall formed by millions of coral organisms.

The soft, living, tube - shaped coral polyp protects itself by forming a hard layer of calcium carbonate around itself, which is called the corallite.

Coral are multicoloured varying from gold to red, orange, green, brown and yellow The soft, living tube shaped coral polyp protects itself by forming a hard layer of calcium carbonate called the coralCoral are multicoloured varying from gold to red, orange, green, brown and yellow The soft, living tube shaped coral polyp protects itself by forming a hard layer of calcium carbonate called the coralcoral polyp protects itself by forming a hard layer of calcium carbonate called the corallite.

These coral pieces are quickly cemented into place by growing minerals forming over the structure's surface.

In total the Raja Ampat archipelago consists of some 15,000 square miles of land and sea, and rests in the heart of a coral triangle formed by the reefs of northern Indonesia, the Philippines, and New Guinea.

It is also Belize's most completely formed coral atoll offering a wide abundance of coral and marine life, unmatched by any dive location in Belize.

Here large heads of common smooth star, smooth and depressed brain corals and yellow porous coral form isolated growths that are surrounded by coral rubble, much of which is coated with red algae.

The hard corals spawn and reproduce for three nights during that time letting you witness the process by which the reefs were slowly formed.

The Belize Barrier Reef separates further from the coast as you move south, resulting in large patches of coral separated by channels dropping to over 80 feet deep and forming walls.

Divers, snorkelers and free divers are spoilt for choice from natural coral beds to artificial reefs formed by shipwrecks and coloured walls dropping well over 50 metres.

It was formed over thousands years by living corals growing on top of an extinct volcano.

This four - bedroom villa is set on a beachfront peninsula guarded by coral reefs and forms part of the larger Mount Hartman Bay Estate one of the single-most distinctive properties in the Caribbean.

The 36 - villa resort is on an uninhabited island of 45,000 m ², with 16 of the villas forming a unique «water village» separated from the main island by 1 km of coral reef, providing guests with an exclusive «two resort» island.

Located in the nation's south in the Stann Creek District, this portion of the coast is largely unaffected by the Belize Barrier Reef, which serves to calm the waters to the point that seagrass and other coral formations grow close to shore, making it tough for natural beaches to form.

The island of Caita, or Ilha de Caita, is formed by numerous coral reefs creating an exciting underwater setting for divers to explore.

A medium depth reef at 40 feet, this north side site is dominated by tightly spaced spur and groove ridges that form mountains of coral heads between the inshore sands and the offshore wall.

Among the hard coral, rubble and some rocks that formed an interesting topography, Reef Octopus, Pygmy Squid, nudibranchs, like the Nembrotha, Fimbriated and Yellowmargin Moray Eels were some of the highlights pointed out by our divemasters.

Coral reefs are formed by the attachment of multicellular invertebrates to rock and limestone build up around land masses.

The first site was Melissas Garden and its extensive hard coral garden, formed by acropora species, tables and much more.

Situated in front of Playa del Carmen, Cozumel is a teardrop - shaped coral island, formed by a limestone plateau of 151 sq. miles / 392 sqkm.

These coral bits are quickly cemented into place by growing minerals forming over the structure's surface.

Formed over thousands of years by living coral growing on top of an extinct volcano, it lies in one of the richest marine habitats in the world.

Divers, snorkelers and free divers are spoilt for choice in the east of Bali, from natural coral beds to artificial reefs formed by shipwrecks and coloured walls dropping well over 50 metres.

Gaya Island Resort is located on Pulau Gaya, the largest of a cluster of five islands that form the Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park, a natural conservation area off the coast of Borneo, close to Kota Kinabalu.Gaya Island Resort has a unique setting: the land is fringed with a golden sandy beach, rocky coastal outcrops, and surrounded by coral reefs.The hilly island landscape is covered with lush tropical rainforest and an abundance of flora and fauna.And to complete this perfect setting, visible in the distance, is the stunning outline of Mount Kinabalu.The guest villa exterior respects Sabahan architecture, uses local materials and blends harmoniously with the natural environment.

Here, DiBenedetto goes full William Baziotes — channeling the great under - sung Abstract Expressionist who specialized in fuzzy fields and mythological - like beings contained in fields of flushed color — and gives us great fiery paintings colonized by creatures and forms with effluvia, faces, feet, head dresses, and resemble oxidizing coral reefs of original vision, with little hints of curving helicopter blades and mollusk - like octopus legs.

Yet these «plastiglomerates,» formed by the random fusion of melted plastic from our waste - laden ecosystem along with sand, coral, shells, and other flotsam and jetsam, might in time prove to be a pivotal marker of our age, hard - set evidence of the moment when the delicate balance between man and nature finally tipped.

Present - day ocean surface waters are supersaturated for the major carbonate mineral forms used by marine organisms, including the more soluble form aragonite (corals, many mollusks) and the less soluble form calcite (coccolithophores, foraminifera, and some mollusks).

I agree TonyB, although I rather think that seeding coral is pretty much the sort of overkill that has been and is being applied by enviro bureaucrats to «save» various endangered species from extinction at great cost around the developed world, especially given that 99.9 % of known life forms are already extinct.

AGW theorists are being misled by the principle of exclusion Story submitted by Paul Macrae In 1837, Charles Darwin presented a paper to the British Geological Society arguing that coral atolls were formed not on submerged volcanic craters, as argued by pioneering geologist Charles Lyell, but on the subsidence of mountain chains.

When carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is absorbed by the ocean, it forms carbonic acid, H2CO3, which makes the ocean more acidic and decreases its pH. This makes it more difficult for many marine organisms to grow their shells and skeletons, and threatens coral around the globe.

We now know that the corals which form atolls respond to rising sea levels by raising the level of the atoll.

Aragonite - A calcium carbonate (limestone) mineral, used by shell - or skeleton - forming, calcifying organisms such as corals (warm - and coldwater corals), some macroalgae, pteropods (marine snails) and non-pteropod molluscs such as bivalves (e.g., clams, oysters), cephalopods (e.g., squids, octopuses).

Given the level of systematic abuse coral reefs have sustained over the last few decades, helping to rehabilitate them by administering - in essence - a form of shock treatment hardly seems like a good idea.

But also, over time, most of the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is absorbed by the ocean, where it reacts with seawater to form an acid that is corrosive to coral reefs, shellfish, and other marine life.

When carbon dioxide, CO2, from the atmosphere is absorbed by the ocean, it forms carbonic acid — the same stuff that makes soda fizz — making the ocean more acidic and thus more difficult for many marine organisms to grow their shells and skeletons and threatening coral reefs globally.

This may impact a wide range of organisms and ecosystems (e.g., coral reefs, Box 4.4, reviewed by Raven et al., 2005), including juvenile planktonic, as well as adult, forms of benthic calcifying organisms (e.g., echinoderms, gastropods and shellfish), and will affect their recruitment (reviewed by Turley et al., 2006).