Coral Reef Fact: Nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum ) are nocturnal hunters. They spend the daylights hours in large groups resting in the reef or under ledges. It has been observed that they have favorite resting sites. Fact source: Wikipedia Join Reef Relief today & help protect our marine environment, go to reefrelief.org/act/donate
13 April 2011 | Nature 472, 152-154 (2011) |by, Mark Schrope The Gulf of Mexico oil spill set records for its size and depth. A year on, the biggest impacts seem to be where they are hardest to spot. Late last year, oceanographers prowling the sea floor of the Gulf of Mexico came upon what […]
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Coral Reef Fact: Sea turtles are resilient to physical attacks such as shark bites. However, they are very susceptible to the effects of chemicals such as oil at all stages of life. Oil impacts sea turtle egg development, skin, blood, and the digestive and immune systems. It can, also, cause the mortality of hatchlings. Source: […]
Coral Reef Fact: Krill (shrimp-like crustaceans in the Euphausiidae family) are one of very few creatures that can do a reverse molt into a smaller shell when food is limited. Fact Source: http://factsanddetails.com/world.php?itemid=1253&catid=53&subcatid=338#70 Donate to Reef Relief today & help protect our marine environment, go to reefrelief.org/act/donate
Coral Reef Fact: The Red Snapper (Lutjanus camoechanus) red color “comes from high levels of carotenoid pigments, largely astaxanthin,” found in the shrimp that compose are large part of their diet. Fact source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_snapper_%28fish%29 Donate to Reef Relief today & help protect our marine environment, go to reefrelief.org/act/donate
Coral Reef Fact: Green banded goby (Gobiosoma multifasciatum) are bi-directional protogynous hermaphrodites. This means that they all start out as female but when they pair up the larger one will turn male. If there are two males the smaller goby will turn female. Fact source Donate to Reef Relief today & help protect our astounding […]
Coral Reef Fact: The Sea pansy (Renilla reniformis) is a colonial organism. The colony has one large central polyp (“peduncle”) that anchors the Sea Pansy to the ocean bottom. A larger fleshy area is made up of smaller anemone-like feeding polyps and tentacle-less polyps. Learn more (fact source) Check out this extensive marine website to […]