One year later, the lab-reared coral were transplanted onto a living reef. "In four years, these branching corals have grown to a size of a soccer ball and reproduced, simultaneously with their ...

The researchers say differences “may affect habitat provision for some marine species and resilience to future heatwaves, as branching corals are more sensitive to bleaching.” The findings ...

If corals die, many reef organisms will soon perish, too. Here, a large branching coral colony is bleached during the 2017 bleaching event. If this colony dies, the hundreds of juvenile fish that ...

It's thought that plastic allows diseases that prey on the marine invertebrates that make-up coral reefs to flourish. Branching or finger-like forms of corals are most likely to get entangled in ...

54, No. 5, Sep., 2009 Flow Inside a Coral Colony Measured Usin... The velocity field within scale models of branching coral Stylophora pistillata colonies was measured using magnetic resonance ...

The model incorporated findings on corals' thermal tolerance and adaptive capacity to predict their population trajectories under different climate outcomes. A group of branching corals widely ...

A critical issue in reef conservation efforts is the slow rate at which corals can recover from damage. Although some branching corals can grow rapidly, most grow only a few centimeters annually ...

Restoration projects heavily favour quick-growing branching corals. The delicate branches of these corals are more susceptible to becoming fragments of opportunity, and are also easier to ...