#Surprising growth rates discovered in world’s deepest photosynthetic corals
“#Surprising growth rates discovered in world’s deepest photosynthetic corals” A colony of Leptoseris hawaiiensis at 315 feet in the Au’au Channel Hawaii. Credit: Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory, University of Hawaii. New research published in the journal Coral Reefs revealed unexpectedly high growth rates for deep water photosynthetic corals. The study, led by Samuel Kahng, affiliate graduate faculty…