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Press Release 09-113
Corals' "Internal Communication" Process Critical to Maintaining Healthy Reefs
Disruptions causing decline of coral reefs around the world
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"Communication" is all-important, scientists are finding, on coral reefs.
Credit: NASA |
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Living corals are made up of individual animal polyps atop a calcium carbonate skeleton.
Credit: Eric Tambutte, Centre Scientifique de Monaco |
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This close-up shows a coral after removal of the animal, leaving a matrix of calcium carbonate.
Credit: Eric Tambutte, Centre Scientifique de Monaco |
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The researchers' findings were published in the May 29, 2009, issue of Science magazine.
Credit: Copyright 2009 AAAS |
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