OT: coral skeletons tell tale of stress

[Oxylebius]

Dead corals do tell tales
By Leonard Ho - Posted Aug 10, 2015 09:00 AM
A newly published paper in a scientific journal featured this interesting photo of a brain coral (Siderastrea siderea), stacked tall like pancakes. The weird formation tells a history of storms at this Florida Keys reef site.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/blog/dead-corals-tell-tales



Read more here on what these tree-like rings mean: http://www.advancedaquarist.com/blog/dead-corals-tell-tales

 

[SantaMonicaHelp]

Very interesting read! Who knew dead coral could tell us about the history about a reef site? Thank you for sharing!

-Sal

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