ARC Centre of Excellence - Coral's dangerous childhood

12:17 AM Sun 29 Aug 2010 GMT

'Becoming an adult coral is not without risk : up to 90 per cent of corals are lost while they are growing-up.' ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies &copy Click Here to view large photo

ARC Centre of Excellence - Coral's dangerous childhood - Tiny corals face shocking losses when first they settle on reefs, making the full complexity and wonder of the mature coral reef all the more remarkable. Research by Australian and French scientists has thrown new light on coral's dangerous infancy and childhood, in the quest to better understand how coral reefs can re-establish, at a time when they face multiplying threats worldwide. A team from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (CoECRS) at James Cook University and CRIOBE, the French Research Centre and Observatory for Island Environments, used ...

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by ARC Centre of Excellence Coral Reef Studies