Scientists have developed a chip that can identify the most environmentally tolerant coral and are planning to use it to increase the share of live corals off Taiwan’s north and northeast coasts, where Ocean Conservation Administration data showed that it has dropped to below 10 percent.
The health of coral reefs, which play a similar role in maritime ecology to rainforests on land, is crucial, as they are a habitat for a wide range of species.
The development of the chip was part of a coral restoration project headed by Academia Sinica Biodiversity Center research fellow Tang Sen-ling (湯森林), Academia Sinica Research