Sentences with phrase «healthy elkhorn»

Porter's team then exposed healthy elkhorn corals in waters in the Bahamas to each strain.

Not exact matches

Carne and her research team collected broken pieces of elkhorn and staghorn corals — critically endangered and nearly 98 percent wiped out — from the healthy reefs and moved them to eight coral nurseries.

Due to the intact connectivity of the extensive seagrass beds, desnse mangrove forests, and robust coral reefs, the remoteness of the area, and the history of protection from coastal development, the Gardens of the Queen represents a «baseline» for a nearly pristine Caribbean marine ecosystem; an ecosystem that includes healthy populations of apex predators like sharks and groupers, important grazers like Rainbow parrotfish and long - spine sea urchins, and recovering endangered species like elkhorn coral and hawksbill sea turtles.