COSEE Ocean Systems: News
A new study found that a nutrient-rich, balanced diet is beneficial to corals during stressful thermal events.
Description: A new study found that a nutrient-rich, balanced diet is beneficial to corals during stressful thermal events. To test which nutrients were more beneficial to corals during elevated temperature conditions, the scientists fed them two types -- inorganic nutrients of nitrogen and phosphorus commonly found in the ocean as a result of fertilizers and sewage runoff, and organic nutrients of zooplankton, tiny animals in the ocean that coral are known to feed on. [Source: University of Miami]
URL: http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/news-events/press-releases/2015/a-balanced-diet-is-good-for-corals-too-study-finds
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Source: University of Miami
Publish Date: 10/1/2015
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