Sentences with phrase «young corals»

Poor water quality is particularly harmful for coral growth, reproduction and the survival of young corals, severely limiting reef recovery potential.

But there is good news, too, he says: Those southern reefs should be able to provide young corals to assist with recovery in the north.

Young coral reef fish with misshapen ear bones are more likely to get lost and die, and exposure to warmer waters makes the problem worse, according to a study of fish living around Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.

«The parrotfishes are very important to coral reef health because they eat the algae that would otherwise overwhelm young corals on reefs recovering from natural disturbances.»

The Acropora coral shown above is left dead and white, while only cooling can restore young corals to the reef.

Local fisheries management resulted in a 62 percent increase in the density of young corals, which improves the ecosystem's ability to recover from major impacts like hurricanes and coral bleaching, according to the team's findings, published in Science Advances.

The young coral larvae (negatively phototactic: does not like light) settles in cracks and holes on the ocean side of the reef and then grows outward from the hole.

The divers would scrub the attachment site with a wire brush, apply a non-toxic adhesive, and then glue the young coral to its new forever home.

During that time Dan was instrumental in helping pass smart legislation such as the Jeffrey Klee Memorial Act (named after a young Coral Springs man who lost his life), which eliminated the statute of limitations on murder or manslaughter in civil cases.