pink porites
pecheux at eureka.meta.fr
pecheux at eureka.meta.fr
Sun Apr 7 19:13:23 EDT 1996
I don't know if it may be the same
phenomenon but I observed in Acropora
crevicornis in Mauritius, 1989
after bleaching event, that where
algae have infested the coral, latter
enclosed by calcification of recovery,
(sometime with H2S smelling !), that
the skeletton keep a rose-red color,
not eliminated by organic washing.
In few cases also a blue pale color was
observed, of the skelletton, not tissue.
Might it be that an immune reaction prov
oke this ?
After bleaching ? What time do this
band correspond to for season ?
It will be the first record of bleaching
in coral band.
Cheers
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