Invertebrates face similar trends, with 33% of reef-building corals, 32% of freshwater crayfish and 13% of dragonflies threatened, the report says. ❋ Gautam Naik (2010)
Mr. Cameron says he's not in the reef-building business, but his tax hik es and his proposals for the political allocation of capital show that he's building a greater barrier to durable economic growth. ❋ Unknown (2010)
One third of reef-building corals face extinction, study shows ❋ Unknown (2011)
Acidity slows reef-building, which could lower the resiliency of corals and lead to their erosion and eventual extinction. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Four commonly found sunscreen ingredients can awaken dormant viruses in the symbiotic algae called zooxanthellae that live inside reef-building coral species. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Short term viability of soft tissue detached from the skeleton of reef-building corals [An article from: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology] by I. Domart-Coulon ❋ Unknown (2009)
Boasting more than 500 species of reef-building coral -- 75% of all those known and almost seven times the number found in the entire Caribbean -- it represents one of the richest coral-reef systems in the world. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Among the highlights were an epaulette shark that walks on its fins, a praying mantis-like shrimp and scores of reef-building corals, he said. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Research on the current and future impacts of human-induced climate change on reef-building corals is causing scientists and managers to become increasingly concerned about the future of coral reefs. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Healthy coral reefs are dominated by various forms of reef-building corals, which fill the role of trees in a forest, by generating the physical framework of the reef, benefiting thousands of associated plants and animals. ❋ Unknown (2008)
The frequency of coral diseases appears to have increased significantly over the last 10 years, causing widespread mortality among reef-building corals. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Some 15 reef-building corals have been recorded from Brazil, including six species endemic to the region. ❋ Unknown (2008)
In Hawai ` i's fringing reef ecosystems, corals and coralline algae are the dominant reef-building organisms. ❋ Unknown (2008)
As the seamounts have subsided downward, reef-building has maintained land near the sea surface such that the coral rock is built up 0. 5-1.0 km thick over the igneous base. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Within the tissue of most reef-building corals live symbiotic small algae called zooxanthellae (pronounced zo-zan-thel-ee) that are capable of photosynthesis (changing sunlight energy into food). ❋ Unknown (2007)
But towards the lower part of the reef, at a depth of about 120 feet, these creatures are less active, and fewer of them at work; and at greater depths than that you find no living coral polype at all; and it may be laid down as a rule, derived from very extensive observation, that these reef-building corals cannot live in a greater depth of water than about 120 to 150 feet. ❋ Unknown (2007)
Now, scientists think they may have found out how reef-building corals manage to coordinate their sex lives in moonlight bay. ❋ William Harryman (2007)
We used annual skeletal density variations to determine calcification rates over the past 200 years in 10 large colonies of the major reef-building coral, Porites. ❋ Unknown (2006)
