Calm Before The Spawn: Climate Change And Coral Spawning
Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 13:21
in Earth & Climate
Biologists have explained why corals spawn for just a few nights in some places but elsewhere string out their love life over many months. A new study shows that corals spawn when regional wind fields are light. When it is calm, the eggs and sperm have the chance to unite before they are dispersed.
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