Coral reefs are one of the most diverse ecosystems ... In addition to corals, encrusting bryozoans, sponges, and calcareous red algae act as biological-cement, keeping the reef framework intact ...

Related: Complicated quest to save coral reefs Mote is one of seven entities ... Manfroy will study the impact of exposure to red and green algae as well as other cues such as water chemistry ...

Without them, the reef would quickly become a lifeless moonscape. One important algal group, benthic (bottom-dwelling) algae, rapidly grows over dead coral and other inert objects, providing a ...

In addition, our oceans absorb 30% of human-made carbon dioxide from the air (much like our forests do), and this is causing the ocean to become more acidic, which corrodes coral skeletons. Corals can ...

declared Joe Weatherby, the man who had spearheaded the massive project to sink the Vandenberg and turn it, over time, into an artificial reef that ... many human ages, red algae growing between ...

A study led by the University of Bremen suggests that on algae-dominated coral reefs, it is not the algae but the corals ...

We saw the green crowns of one of the least diverse of all tropical forests, where there is often but a single species of tree, the red mangrove ... resident algae, so the coral reef lives ...

it loses the nutrients that the algae produce. Coral colonies starve and die, leaving behind dead reefs like deep-sea ghost towns. University of Victoria marine biologist Julia Baum has witnessed ...

Gradually, over thousands of years, these layers form a coral reef. Polyps feed on other organisms, like plankton and algae. The algae is what gives coral its beautiful colours. But algae is ...

Polyps grow slowly, forming different shapes and sizes depending on their species. Assisted by other animals with calcium carbonate skeletons and also coralline algae, corals form complex, ...