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A leather sea star (Dermasterias imbricata) zooms over the reefscape as purple urchins (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) scurry away. This chaotic invert drama may appear speedy here, but it's actually a 30 minute timelapse of slomo echinoderm action.

While giant and bull kelp get all the glory for their overarching canopies, there are many shorter species of algae that also forest the reefscape.

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In sites where the water temperature is still 2-3 C above normal, dense thickets of cyanobacteria now cover many soft and hard corals that died over the last month, drastically modifying the reefscape (10/n)

Introducing the ecosystem homogenisation index (EHI) - designed to evaluate habitat homogenisation across environmental gradients. The EHI allows computation of a beta-diversity value for any given community - like a reefscape for example pdf.sciencedirectassets.com/272392/AIP/1-s…

Bloom up.

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4th Coral ID workshop completed with success in collaboration with Kaust Reefscape Restoration Initiative (KRRI) 🪸💫
An intense week of frontal classes, microscopy sessions and underwater observations brought our students to be more confident in their coral identification skills

For all its green, blue, and yellow, California's reefscape is painted with just as much pink, red, and purple - a vibrant palette of life.

Here’s a photo of a coral reefscape to hold in the Palm(yra) of your hand.

Palmyra is home to lush forests and beautiful reefs. As the only nesting habitat w/in 450 K sq. miles of ocean, Palmyra Atoll is also a crucial refuge for migratory seabirds and shorebirds.

How many of you struggle with a foggy mask? 🤿

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10 Year Old Japanese Style Soft Coral Reefscape [Video] dlvr.it/QGMF08

Gm!!!! Throwback to one of my favorite reefscape shots from outer island 🪨🐚🎞️

This Thursday, team 2882 and RoboRams had a blast celebrating our amazing season this year! We hope that we keep making new Crescendos as we enter the Reefscape season! We thank RoboRams for treating us to such a fun end-of-season party ⚡️⚡️⚡️

Katy ISD

Parrotfishes scar massive corals regularly, but what happens when severe reef degradation changes the reefscape?

Renato Morais, Roberta Bonaldo, The Bellwood Lab and I looked into it in our new #OA paper in PLOS ONE.

Read it here:
journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

If you want to start a reefscape but don’t have much space, consider a nano reef! We’ve filled this one with everything from soft mushroom corals to stony skeleton frog spawn!
It’s a coral cornucopia!
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One of the largest reef restoration programs in the 🌍 is underway in KSA.
The KAUST Reefscape Restoration Initiative, in partnership with NEOM, is a global demonstration of coral restoration aiming to protect, enhance and restore the natural beauty and biodiversity of the…

Four of Juddmonte's Gr.1 winning homebreds have been born on 22nd January - Tenby, Spanish Fern, Reefscape and Passage Of Time (pictured winning the Criterium de Saint-Cloud).

Passage Of Time had a Lope De Vega filly last year, is due to Too Darn Hot and visits KINGMAN for 2021

Alor Island is one of the 92 officially listed outlying islands of Indonesia with incredible reefscape and marine life like this friendly dugong! 📷: Dimas Cungkring

What can be better than diving deep into the colorful underwater world?⁠
📸Photo by our trip leader Mark Hatter from our Visayas trip. ⁠
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Just back from field work in Micronesia. We found super healthy coral biodiversity in surprising places. Stay tuned for more #Reefscape Project with ⁦Allie Techy⁩ ⁦Asner Lab⁩

A mid-week reefscape escape 🤿✨🐠

🎥 Pei Lee
📍Palau bit.ly/OS_SnorkelPalau