Watching corals breathe: The setup (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

Watching corals breathe: The setup

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Watching corals breathe: A special camera records how oxygen sensitive particles flow past the coral surface. This allows the researchers to directly see the interaction between the flow field and oxygen concentration.

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Soeren Ahmerkamp/Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

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