Coral Larvae Transport (IMAGE)

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science

Coral Larvae Transport

Caption

Left: Coral releasing egg/sperm bundles will be fertilized in the water to form poppy-seed-sized larvae. Right: The East Pacific Barrier; over 5,000km of open ocean separating eastern Pacific coral reefs (in red) from their nearest neighbors to the west.

Credit

Left: Credit: Jamie Craggs, Project Coral, Horniman Museum and Gardens <P>Right: Credit: S. Wood. Reef locations obtained from UNEP-WCMC (<a target="_blank"href="http://data.unep-wcmc.org/datasets/1">2010</a>). Image created using ArcGIS&reg; software by Esri (Copyright © Esri. All rights reserved)

Usage Restrictions

None

License

Licensed content

Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.