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.