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Bookmark or Share- Coral Restoration Database - ICRIThe Coral Restoration Database is now being hosted on the ICRI Forum it was previously hosted by the team at James Cook University who developed the Database after synthesising the available knowledge of coral restoration methods in a review paper (published January 2020), incorporating data from the peer-reviewed scientific literature, complemented with grey literature and a survey of coral ...
- What are corals? - ICRITable corals form table-like structures and often have fused branches. Elkhorn coral has large, flattened branches. Foliose corals have broad plate-like portions rising in whorl-like patterns. Encrusting corals grow as a thin layer against a substrate. Massive corals are ball-shaped or boulder-like and may be as small as an egg or as large as a ...
- Over 40% of coral species face extinction – IUCN Red ListThe majority of corals are found across the Indo-Pacific. The global assessment of reef- building corals includes 85 Atlantic coral species highlighted in a PLOS One journal article also published today. Atlantic coral species are particularly highly threatened due to annual severe bleaching events, pollution and the impacts of disease.
- The Fourth Global Coral Bleaching Event | ICRIDuring the heat stress event, NOAA deployed the 2019 recommended interventions, building a valuable knowledge base and made significant strides, through its “Mission: Iconic Reefs program”, to offset some of the negative impacts of global climate change and local stressors on Florida’s corals including moving coral nurseries to deeper ...
- Homepage | ICRIA global partnership for the preservation of the world’s coral reefs and associated ecosystems.
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