The recently released report, Coral Reefs of the Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu, India: Decadal Changes in Status and Management Paradigms, by ICRI Member, Suganthi Devadason Marine Research Institute (SDMRI), and the Tamil Nadu government, provides an in-depth analysis of two decades of changes in the Gulf of Mannar’s coral reefs. This region, recognized for its ecological and economic ...
Coral reefs of the Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu, India - Decadal changes ...
Forty-four per cent of reef-building coral species globally are at risk of extinction, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (TM) reveals following a global assessment announced today at the ongoing COP29 UN climate conference in Azerbaijan. The conservation status of 892 warm-water reef-building coral species has now been reassessed for the IUCN Red List, and analysis shows that 44% are ...
Indonesia Coral Reef Garden (ICRG) is coral reef rehabilitation program which synergies the scientific and Socio-Economic in coral reef restoration for sustainability and utilization through Edu-Eco Tourism or other Economic Creatives.
SUMMARY This document responds to Goal 3(5) of the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) Plan of Action 2016-2018, which seeks to review issues relating to the impact of sunscreens on coral reefs.
Anatomy of a polyp (Source: NOAA) Coral biology Corals are invertebrate animals belonging to a large group of colourful and fascinating animals called Cnidaria. Other animals in this group that you may have seen in rock pools or on the beach include jelly fish and sea anemones. Although Cnidarians exhibit a wide variety of colours, shapes and sizes, they all share the same distinguishing ...
The coral branches and corallite sizes seem way too large for Madracis auretenra which leaves us with the genus Oculina. The branch thickness is too thick for O. tenella (Delicate Ivory Bush Coral) and O. diffusa (Diffuse Ivory Bush Coral). The species O. arbuscul a (Tube Coral) is more densely branched clumps without longer branches.