Coral out-plantings/coral farmers

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10/06/11 02:50 PM 10/06/11 02:50 PM

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Marty

Coral out-plantings/coral farmers

two diff genotypes of elkhorn: the bleaching one in foreground is from Larks caye with zooxanthellae Clade D, the two not bleaching are from Bugle Caye with zooxanthellae Clade A! go figure (out-plant site LBC, out-plant date feb2010, grown in nursery at Whipray caye <1 yr before out-planting)

Fragments of Hope (coral nurseries in Belize)

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Re: Coral out-plantings/coral farmers [Re: Marty] #418006 10/06/11 10:31 PM 10/06/11 10:31 PM
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Bear	no shit? a simple difference in subspeices of the symbiote algae? Daym mother nature just frickin amazes me... okay heres a cool article... http://www.coralscience.org/main/articles/climate-a-ecology-16/coral-bleaching and another http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2006/1/aafeature1

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