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Originally Posted by aka123
Already posted information. And corals form the basis of coral reef's ecosystem, no corals, no coral reefs. Quite simple, as there are no forest without trees.
?From the moment we arrived it was evident that these corals were severely impacted by something. This is the first evidence of an impact in the deep sea to animal communities,? said Fisher. Many of the colonies appeared to be dead with little or no living tissue. There was also a notable lack of colonization by other marine life and that many of the brittle stars appeared to be very discolored and immobile."
http://blog.nwf.org/2010/11/coral-da...mpacts-linger/ |
Yes. Again coral is part of an ecosystem known as coral reef. All research certainly points to a % of gulf coral being "impacted". But there is a vast difference between impact coraland destroyed ecosystem.