Coral reefs are one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. What are the abiotic and biotic interactions that structure this diverse ecosystem? Corals are members of the phylum Cnidaria ...
Coral reefs are like cities under the sea. The structure of the living corals themselves provides homes and hiding places for a huge range of marine life. Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg describes ...
So, it's actually 3,000 separate, individual coral reefs, and every one of them is in a different condition. Narrator: It's also the world's largest living structure as well as a home to thousands ...
Their innovation is based on the natural structure of coral reefs off the southern coastal Israeli city of Eilat, but their model is adaptable to other marine environments, and may help curb reef ...
ft.) artificial reef, designed by experts at the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI). The structure will provide a solid foundation to plant juvenile corals and for coral larvae to settle on ...
especially the Great Barrier Reef. The live coral provides structure and a kind of home to loads of animals and loads of fish and these starfish are very, very good at stripping away all that ...
where dead coral and sand once blanketed the seabed, colorful fish now dart through an elaborate structure made of 3D-printed clay tiles. For six months, this artificial reef has been resting off ...