Sentences with phrase «released by coral»

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Most corals reproduce by releasing sperm and eggs into the ocean during brief annual spawning events.

The nitrogen and phosphorous excreted by the sponges and released when they die, says Mark Wunsch, a study author from Bremen, accounts for one - third of the nutrients reaching coral organisms, offering a possible solution to Darwin's paradox.

The discovery of the collapse of sweeping sections of corals was viewed by scientists with so much urgency that they were not put through peer review before highlights were released to the media on Monday.

For oceans There was a publication released last year by the Pew Center (Pew is a charitable foundation whose main focus is education) «Coral Reefs & Global Climate Change» a summary of the current science on this issue.

Corals release their eggs and sperm based on photosynthetic cues provided by moonlight.

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.

Hawai`i has released flawed environmental assessments (EAs) prepared by the aquarium industry that claim unlimited collection of reef fish has minimal impacts on the state's coral reefs and wildlife.

For oceans There was a publication released last year by the Pew Center (Pew is a charitable foundation whose main focus is education) «Coral Reefs & Global Climate Change» a summary of the current science on this issue.

The report, prepared over three years by 90 experts, was produced by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, the International Union for Conservation of Nature and the United Nations Environment Program (news release).

News Release: Marine Organisms Threatened By Increasingly Acidic Ocean Corals and Plankton May Have Difficulty Making Shells September 29, 2005 http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=9779&tid=282&cid=7388&ct=162

In one small area, you can find four very unique bodies of water: there is the Red Sea, the Dead Sea, the Med Sea and the Sea of Galilee.With the sea to the west, coral reefs to the south, waterfalls in the north and a freshwater system throughout, Israel's environment is deeply affected by issues of water use and conservation, says the course press release.

Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution about one - third of the carbon dioxide, CO2, which has been released into the atmosphere from fossil fuel combustion and land use change has been absorbed by the oceans, where it damages coral reefs.

Washington, DC — A team of scientists led by Carnegie's Rebecca Albright and Ken Caldeira performed the first - ever experiment that manipulated seawater chemistry in a natural coral reef community in order to determine the effect that excess carbon dioxide released by human activity is having on coral reefs.