Coral Reef Fact: Sea turtles are resilient to physical attacks such as shark bites. However, they are very susceptible to the effects of chemicals such as oil at all stages of life. Oil impacts sea turtle egg development, skin, blood, and the digestive and immune systems. It can, also, cause the mortality of hatchlings. Source: […]
Coral Reef Fact: Krill (shrimp-like crustaceans in the Euphausiidae family) are one of very few creatures that can do a reverse molt into a smaller shell when food is limited. Fact Source: http://factsanddetails.com/world.php?itemid=1253&catid=53&subcatid=338#70 Donate to Reef Relief today & help protect our marine environment, go to reefrelief.org/act/donate
Coral Reef Fact: The Red Snapper (Lutjanus camoechanus) red color “comes from high levels of carotenoid pigments, largely astaxanthin,” found in the shrimp that compose are large part of their diet. Fact source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_snapper_%28fish%29 Donate to Reef Relief today & help protect our marine environment, go to reefrelief.org/act/donate
Coral Reef Fact: Green banded goby (Gobiosoma multifasciatum) are bi-directional protogynous hermaphrodites. This means that they all start out as female but when they pair up the larger one will turn male. If there are two males the smaller goby will turn female. Fact source Donate to Reef Relief today & help protect our astounding […]
Coral Reef Fact: The Sea pansy (Renilla reniformis) is a colonial organism. The colony has one large central polyp (“peduncle”) that anchors the Sea Pansy to the ocean bottom. A larger fleshy area is made up of smaller anemone-like feeding polyps and tentacle-less polyps. Learn more (fact source) Check out this extensive marine website to […]
Coral Reef Fact: Bioluminescence is light energy produced by organisms through a chemical reaction. It has been estimated hat this ability has “evolved independently at least 40 times” in organisms ranging from bacteria to sharks. Learn more Fact source: NOAA Donate to Reef Relief today & help protect our astounding marine environment, go to reefrelief.org/act/donate
ScienceDaily (Apr. 5, 2011) — “Coral reefs provide a range of critical goods and services to humanity — everything from nutrient cycling to food production to coast protection to economic revenues through tourism,” says Camilo Mora at Dalhousie University and lead researcher of the study. “Yet the complex nature and large-scale distribution of coral reefs […]
The carbon dioxide we pump into the air is seeping into the oceans and slowly acidifying them. One hundred years from now, will oysters, mussels, and coral reefs survive? National Geographic Magazine April 2011 By Elizabeth Kolbert Castello Aragonese is a tiny island that rises straight out of the Tyrrhenian Sea like a tower. Seventeen […]