9, 2024 — A new theory explains how juvenile crown-of-thorns sea stars (commonly known as starfish) can destabilize coral reefs. The 'degraded reef framework' explains how the loss of live coral ...
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi researcher Keisha Bahr prepares live corals for transport at the Nova Southeastern University's Oceanographic Campus in Dania Beach, Fla., Sept. 18, 2024.
Corals are sessile creatures, which means they’re rooted in one place. They depend on symbiotic, photosynthetic algae that live within their tissues, produce nutrients and give them their ...