"This is not the first time that MPs [microplastics] have been found in coral skeletons; however, it is the first time that MP fragments smaller than 300 micrometers have been reported in wild ...

and it is this skeleton that becomes the foundation of coral reef ecosystems. Coral colonies can be either dieocious or hermaphroditic and can also reproduce asexually through fragmentation and ...

Not only are they diverse communities, but the coral skeletons - like trees - contain potentially long term records of climate. Aa Aa Aa Corals reefs are communities of organisms in which corals ...