An Informational Guide to Common Stony Corals of Florida
EDIS, 2018 The following information is meant to be a guide to Scleractinian (stony) corals of Florida. All corals presented in this paper are in a protected status under Florida’s Coral Reef Protection Act and several of these species are federally protected ...
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Evolution of Protein-Mediated Biomineralization in Scleractinian Corals [PDF]
Frontiers in Genetics, 2021 While recent strides have been made in understanding the biological process by which stony corals calcify, much remains to be revealed, including the ubiquity across taxa of specific biomolecules involved. Several proteins associated with this process have been identified through proteomic profiling of the skeletal organic matrix (SOM) extracted from ...
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Light intensity, photoperiod duration, daily light flux and coral growth of Galaxea fascicularis in an aquarium setting: a matter of photons? [PDF]
, 2012 Light is one of the most important abiotic factors influencing the (skeletal) growth of scleractinian corals. Light stimulates coral growth by the process of light-enhanced calcification, which is mediated by zooxanthellar photosynthesis.
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Corallimorpharians are not “naked corals”: insights into relationships between Scleractinia and Corallimorpharia from phylogenomic analyses [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 Calcification is one of the most distinctive traits of scleractinian corals. Their hard skeletons form the substratum of reef ecosystems and confer on corals their remarkable diversity of shapes.
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Determination of prey capture rates in the stony coral Galaxea fascicularis: a critical reconsideration of the clearance rate concept [PDF]
, 2012 In order to determine optimal feeding regimes for captive corals, prey capture by the scleractinian coral Galaxea fascicularis was determined by measuring clearance of prey items from the surrounding water. Colonies of G.
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Scientific Data, 2022 Measurement(s) fossil coral traits Technology Type(s) digital curation Sample Characteristic - Organism Scleractinian corals Sample Characteristic - Location ...
Nussaïbah B. Raja +3 more
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Using Stable Isotope Analyses to Assess the Trophic Ecology of Scleractinian Corals
Oceans, 2022 Studies on the trophic ecology of scleractinian corals often include stable isotope analyses of tissue and symbiont carbon and nitrogen. These approaches have provided critical insights into the trophic sources and sinks that are essential to ...
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Photosymbiosis in Late Triassic scleractinian corals from the Italian Dolomites [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 During the Carnian, oligotrophic shallow-water regions of the western Tethys were occupied by small, coral-rich patch reefs. Scleractinian corals, which already contributed to the formation of the reef structure, owed their position most probably to the ...
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Mechanical vulnerability explains size-dependent mortality of reef corals [PDF]
, 2014 JM, AB and SC were supported by fellowships from the Australian Research Council (FT110100609, FT0990652 and DP0880544 respectively). MD was supported by the ERC (BioTIME 250189) and the Scottish Funding Council (MASTS - HR09011).Understanding life ...
Joshua S. Madin +10 more
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Genome assembly of the deep-sea coral Lophelia pertusa
GigaByte, 2023 Like their shallow-water counterparts, cold-water corals create reefs that support highly diverse communities, and these structures are subject to numerous anthropogenic threats.
Santiago Herrera , Erik E. Cordes
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