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University of Hawaii: Surprising Growth Rates Discovered in Deepest Photosynthetic Corals
June 16, 2020
HONOLULU, Hawaii, June 16 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release:

New research at the University of Hawaii at Manoa revealed unexpectedly high growth rates for deep water photosynthetic corals. The study published in the journal Coral Reefs, led by Samuel Kahng, affiliate graduate faculty in the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), alters the assumption that deep corals living on the brink of darkness grow extremely slowly.

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