He used a long pole to leap along the coral reef edge. Darwin’s specimen of Porites coral. This group of corals takes on many forms and its skeleton is a favourite habitat for Christmas tree worms, ...

This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. We characterized the annual luminescent and skeletal density banding patterns in 51 massive Porites corals from 15 reefs from six ...

A new type symbiotic alga lends its brown color to a Porites coral from Abu Dhabi reefs. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert!

The pair say they were struck by the degree of bleaching in gigantic boulder-like bommies, or reef outcrops, comprised of a stony coral called porites. "We went inside, swam [through the] nooks ...