scleractinian

Within the Park 43 scleractinian (hard coral) and 10 alcyonacean (soft coral) genera, 14 sponges, 4 tunicates, 812 species of marine and estuarine mollusks (72% of Kwazulu-Natal coastal species), including the giant clams Tricdaca maxima and T. squamosa, and 198 species of Crustacea have been recorded.

Greater St Lucia Wetland Park, South Africa 2008

Their model also predicted that blast fishing could reduce the growth abilities of scleractinian coral on the reef slope by one third.

Coral degradation through destructive fishing practices 2008

Although their main prey is the soft tissue of scleractinian corals, they eat other types of corals as well.

Crown-of-thorn sea star 2008

Evidence for a decadal-scale decline in the growth rates of juvenile scleractinian corals.

Biology of early life stage of tropical reef corals 2008

Even when blast fishing has ended, it is difficult for new scleractinian coral colonies to settle and grow in fields of dead coral rubble.

Coral degradation through destructive fishing practices 2008

Reproduction, dispersal and recruitment of scleractinian corals.

Biology of early life stage of tropical reef corals 2008

Suppression of skeletal growth in scleractinian corals by decreasing ambient carbonate-ion concentration: a cross-family comparison.

HAnsen and Schmidt: Predicting the Past – Continued « Climate Audit 2006

Suppression of skeletal growth in scleractinian corals by decreasing ambient carbonate-ion concentration: a cross-family comparison.

HAnsen and Schmidt: Predicting the Past – Continued « Climate Audit 2006

Microenvironment and photosynthesis of zooxanthellae in scleractinian corals studied with microsensors for O

New Content on CO2 Science 2010

To test the hypothesis that larval transcription profiles reflect location-specific responses to thermal stress, symbiont-free gametes from three to four colonies of the scleractinian coral Montastraea faveolata were collected from Florida and

ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2010