Another species of algae called coralline algae, is an important member of the coral reefs. Its cell walls become hardened with calcium carbonate, thereby producing new material and cementing together other organisms which build the reefs. Algae require light to synthesize food. Red algae, ...
Hongo C (2012) Holocene key coral species in the Northwest Pacific: indicators of reef formation and reef ecosystem responses to global climate change and anthropogenic stresses in the near future. Quat Sci Rev 35:82-99HONGO C. 2012. Holocene key coral species in the north- west Pacific: ...
The first thing you'll have to understand about diving in the Pacific Northwest is that there's a lot more equipment to contend with than is the case in warmer waters. The most fundamental difference is the exposure suit. Whether diving in a wet or drysuit, you should be sure to find ...
The reefs lie up to 30 kilometers from the shore, but extend almost 200 km to the Entrecasteaux reefs in the northwest. This northwestern extension encloses the Belep Islands. Several natural passages open out to the ocean. The Boulari passage, which leads to Noumea, the capital and ...
Bronstein, O. & Loya, Y. Daytime spawning ofPorites ruson the coral reefs of Chumbe Island in Zanzibar, Western Indian Ocean (WIO).Coral Reefs30, 441–441 (2011). ArticleADSGoogle Scholar Carroll, A., Harrison, P. L. & Adjeroud, M. Sexual reproduction ofAcroporareef corals at Moorea...
Scleractinian corals are the ecosystem engineers of coral reefs, the most species-rich marine ecosystems. Scleractinian corals have a bipartite life history, with a sessile adult stage and a planktonic larval stage that allows dispersal among reefs. Corals produce larvae in one of two ways: gametes...
The Mariana Trench is home to a variety of sea life. Coral reefs and underwater volcanoes are all found there. But because few humans have been able to go far into the trench, scientists know little about it. Now they are working to change that. Recently, the Okeanos Explorer has been ...
However, projections of ecological impacts of MHWs have focused mainly on sensitive biogenic habitats such as coral reefs and intertidal systems28,29. In contrast, previous impact assessments on fish stocks and fisheries focused mainly on decadal-scale changes in mean conditions under climate change ...
Coral reefs are increasingly threatened by various types of disturbances, and their recovery is challenged by accelerating, human-induced environmental changes. Recurrent disturbances reduce the pool of mature adult colonies of reef-building corals and undermine post-disturbance recovery from newly settled ...
The general objectives was to obtain information on the fish resources of OCS rocky banks of the Pacific northwest. The specific goal was to produce a database of fish densities and fish-habitat associations among years and banks for assessing the impacts of future offshore drilling and other mi...