NOAA's National Ocean Service: January 2012 Features

Features: January 2012

Part Reef Doctors, Part Bricklayers, Researchers at NOAA's Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Patch Together a Coral Reef

A recently published study of coral restoration in Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary illustrates how a patch reef – an isolated, comparatively small coral outcrop located in shallow waters – can survive and even thrive nearly a decade after being hit by the hull of a boat. More...