Discovery of How Coral Reefs Adapt to Global Warming Could Aid Reef Restoration (2 of 3) (IMAGE)

Penn State

Discovery of How Coral Reefs Adapt to Global Warming Could Aid Reef Restoration (2 of 3)

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Researchers set fine nets over coral just before mass spawning events in order to collect the eggs and sperm as they were broadcast into the water column. Gametes were collected and returned to the lab within an hour to be raised under controlled conditions.

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Iliana Baums laboratory, Penn State University

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