Structurally different from pitcairn, which towered from the sea, henderson is a flat atoll made of
fossilized coral.
Some of the huge
gorgonian fan corals
are more than 3m high.
Coral reefs, vast swathes of the ocean appeared to be devoid of life.
They are often seen in and around the deep,
cold-water coral
reefs west of norway and britain.
It is an ideal food for all filter feeders such as fan worms,
sponges soft corals
and many more.
There were also a myriad of
soft corals
of all colors from red to yellow to purple.
Coral atoll.
At about 7 meters the reef appeared colorful with large fields of
staghorn corals.
Deep-water corals
such as lophelia pertusa live in the cold, dark waters of the atlantic, the darwin mounds are 1,000 meters down.
Coral cay
on the great barrier reef, covering an area of 91 hectares.
Their main research interests are color vision and color perception in marine animals and stress in
reef-building corals
due to climate change respectively.
In addition to encouraging unwanted algae growth, phosphates slow the skeletal growth of
stony corals.
The hard skeleton of coral is built by a community of animals related to jellyfish,
coral polyps.
Deep-sea corals, including lophelia, are already covered by the european union's habitat directive which applies to the uk 200-mile limit.
What you will not find here are
pristine corals.
Coral calcium
contains high levels of alkaline minerals which help to promote a more alkaline state.
Current status the
sunset cup coral
leptopsammia pruvoti occurs in groups of a few tens to several hundred individuals.
Crystal clear waters,
colorful coral
and tropical fish abound and combine to make for an interesting day at the beach.
Coral bommies, with plenty of fish life around the cleaning station.
A little deeper there is a forest of
whip coral
covering 30 or more square meters of the hard coral bed.
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