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News Release 10-102
Caribbean Coral Reef Protection Efforts Miss the Mark
Evolutionary potential, edge zones, should be considered as factors
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A thriving, healthy Carribean coral reef today: its evolution is an important factor in its future.
Credit: NOAA
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Scientists are studying extinct species of coral to learn about reefs today.
Credit: Ann F. Budd and John M. Pandolfi
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A coral reef in Barbados called the Montastraea annularis complex has several extinct species.
Credit: Ann F. Budd and John M. Pandolfi
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An extinct pipe-organ coral at the geographic edge of current reef distributions.
Credit: Ann F. Budd and John M. Pandolfi
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An extinct platy morphospecies within a Caribbean coral reef complex.
Credit: Ann F. Budd and John M. Pandolfi
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The researcher's findings appear in the June 18, 2010 issue of the journal Science.
Credit: Copyright AAAS 2010
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