University of Hawaii: Insidious Coral Killer Invading Palmyra Atoll Reef
August 11, 2021
August 11, 2021
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Aug. 11 (TNSJou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release:
The reefs at Palmyra Atoll, a small outlying atoll in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, have been undergoing a shift from stony corals to systems dominated by corallimorphs, marine invertebrates that share traits with both anemones and hard corals. A published study in Coral Reefs led by University of Hawaii at Manoa marine biology researchers discovered that although the invading corallimo . . .
The reefs at Palmyra Atoll, a small outlying atoll in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, have been undergoing a shift from stony corals to systems dominated by corallimorphs, marine invertebrates that share traits with both anemones and hard corals. A published study in Coral Reefs led by University of Hawaii at Manoa marine biology researchers discovered that although the invading corallimo . . .