Coral reefs are very much the rainforests of the ... Jr. Early history of scleractinian corals and its geological consequences. Geology 9, 507-511 (1981). Stanley, G. D. Jr.

Coral reefs are one of the most diverse ecosystems ... Beneath the soft bodies of scleractinian, or stony corals, polyps secrete a calcium carbonate skeleton, and it is this skeleton that becomes ...

A scleractinian coral eDNA survey at four mesophotic sites using an underwater mini-ROV. (a) Four monitoring locations (SR1-SR4) at the Shigeo Reef near Motobu Peninsula. The location of Okinawa ...

Named for its ropy-looking long branches, Aplysina cauliformis, a coral reef ... occurs on coral reefs post-storms. To date, studies of storm impacts have largely focused on scleractinian or ...