A University of Hawai i study may reveal a new way to monitor health of reefs : Big Island Now bigislandnow.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bigislandnow.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A catalog of coral microbes and metabolites paves the way to monitoring reef health phys.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from phys.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A study co-led by a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa doctoral student revealed that each type of coral and algae from a coral reef produced a unique suite of chemical compounds. The information was published in Communications Biology, and may offer a new way to monitor the health of reefs around Hawaiʻi.
New research led by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research shows that, when coral bleaching occurs, corals release unique organic compounds that promote bacterial growth and bacteria that may further stress reefs and put them at greater risk for more damage.