Fluorescent color of coral larvae predicts whether they'll settle or swim
Wednesday, January 26, 2011 - 00:00
in Biology & Nature
Young staghorn coral that fluoresce redder are less likely to settle and develop into coral polyps than their greener peers, University of Texas at Austin biologists have discovered.
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