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An FAU Harbor Branch technique is helping to gain insight into the poorly understood stony coral tissue loss disease, responsible for widespread coral death throughout the Tropical Western Atlantic.
Corals harvested from the Florida Keys have been successfully crossbred with the goal of enhancing genetic diversity and disease resistance, which could better protect and restore corals that have been
Brain corals rescued ahead of disease outbreak raise hopes for restoring genetic diversity and increasing disease resistance on Florida’s reefs
Grooved Brain Coral Spawning Observed in the Wild for the First Time in Florida A grooved brain coral is tented while it spawns to allow scientists to capture its gametes. Credit: Coral Restoration Foundation™ Bundles of sperm and eggs of the grooved brain coral. Collected from wild colonies in Florida for the first time. Credit: University of Miami The first observation of this species’ spawning will help researchers and restoration practitioners to better support its survival in the wild. KEY LARGO, FLORIDA, USA, May 11, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Coral Restoratio...
(Photo : SeaWorld Committed to Combating Coral Reef Disease in Florida) The Florida Reef stretches approximately 360 miles from Dry Tortugas National Park west of the Florida Keys to the St. Lucie Inlet in Martin County. This area faces imminent danger from an outbreak of coral disease termed "stony coral tissue loss disease." Already in decline due to degraded water quality, climate change, and an expanding South Florida population, the reef has become the focus of a crisis intervention led by dozens of partners from federal, state, and local agencies; non-governmental organizations; un...