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Benefit of pulsation in soft corals [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2013 Soft corals of the family Xeniidae exhibit a unique, rhythmic pulsation of their tentacles ( Movie S1 ), first noted by Lamarck nearly 200 y ago. However, the adaptive benefit of this perpetual, energetically costly motion is poorly understood.
Tali Mass +6 more
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Effects of polypropylene nanofibers on soft corals
Chemosphere, 2023 Current information regarding the effects of both micro- and nano-plastic debris on coral reefs is limited; especially the toxicity onto corals from nano-plastics originating from secondary sources such as fibers from synthetic fabrics. Within this study, we exposed the alcyonacean coral Pinnigorgia flava to different concentrations of polypropylene ...
Valerio Isa +6 more
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Enzyme Inhibitors from Gorgonians and Soft Corals
Marine Drugs, 2023 For decades, gorgonians and soft corals have been considered promising sources of bioactive compounds, attracting the interest of scientists from different fields. As the most abundant bioactive compounds within these organisms, terpenoids, steroids, and alkaloids have received the highest coverage in the scientific literature.
Andrea Córdova-Isaza +3 more
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Isoprenoids from the Soft Coral Sarcophyton glaucum [PDF]
Marine Drugs, 2017 Five new isoprenoids, 3,4,8,16-tetra-epi-lobocrasol (1), 1,15β-epoxy-deoxysarcophine (2), 3,4-dihydro-4α,7β,8α-trihydroxy-Δ2-sarcophine (3), ent-sarcophyolide E (4), and 16-deacetyl- halicrasterol B (5) and ten known compounds 6‒15, were characterized from the marine soft coral Sarcophyton glaucum, collected off Taitung coastline. Their structures were
Atallah F. Ahmed +10 more
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Reciprocal Symbiont Sharing in the Lodging Mutualism between Walking Corals and Sipunculans. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Solitary scleractinian corals of the genera Heterocyathus and Heteropsammia inhabit soft marine bottoms without attaching to hard substrata. The corallums of these genera contain a coiled cavity inhabited by a sipunculan that roams the seafloor, carrying
Momoko Igawa, Hiroki Hata, Makoto Kato
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CONDITION OF CORAL REEFS IN THE WATERS OF PANDANGAN ISLAND [PDF]
Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences, 2023 Coral reef ecosystems are one of the resources of coastal areas that are very vulnerable to damage, especially those caused by human behavior / surrounding communities.
Rosalina D. +8 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Corales de Profundidad National Natural Park (CPNNP), at the central Colombian Caribbean margin, has an extension of 142.195 ha with depths ranging from 34 to 1,234 m. The CPNNP’s essential ecological value is Madracis spp. as potential structure-forming
Cristina Cedeño-Posso +5 more
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The potency of Soft Coral Sarcophyton in Krakatau Seas as Cytotoxic Test
Omni-Akuatika, 2019 Soft coral is one of the marine organisms that produce secondary metabolites materials and has potency as anticancer. There is much research to find bioactive compounds in the organism, but it still lacks data to find potency of bioactive in soft coral ...
Tri Nur Sujatmiko +5 more
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TUTUPAN KARANG LUNAK DI PERAIRAN DESA PANDANGA KABUPATEN PULAU MOROTAI
Jurnal Enggano, 2020 Terumbu karang memiliki keunikan diantara asosiasi atau komunitas lautan yang seluruhnya dibentuk oleh kegiatan biologis. Umumnya terdapat karang keras (hard coral) dan karang lunak (soft coral).
Kismanto Koroy +2 more
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Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 2023 Coral reef fisheries are prominent for the archipelagic countries’ food sufficiency and security. Studies showed that fish abundance and biomass are affected by biophysical variables. The present study determines which biophysical variables are important
Imam Bachtiar +3 more
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