Acoustic enrichment golfball corals (IMAGE)

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Acoustic enrichment golfball corals

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Acoustic enrichment can be a key intervention to support imperiled reefs.  Using an underwater speaker system, researchers found that broadcasting the soundscape of a healthy reef at a degraded reef caused coral larvae to settle at significantly higher rates. 

 

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(Photo by: Ciara Willis, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

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