Coral aquaculture, also known as coral farming or coral gardening, is the cultivation of corals for commercial purposes or coral reef restoration. Aquaculture...

Fire corals (Millepora) are a genus of colonial marine organisms that exhibit physical characteristics similar to that of coral. The name coral is somewhat...

a coral rim that encircles a lagoon. There may be coral islands or cays on the rim.: 60  Atolls are located in warm tropical or subtropical parts of the...

The habitat of deep-water corals, also known as cold-water corals, extends to deeper, darker parts of the oceans than tropical corals, ranging from near...

A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of colonies of coral polyps held together by calcium carbonate...

between the two. Coral aquaculture, also known as coral farming or coral gardening, is the cultivation of corals for commercial purposes or coral reef restoration...

Reproduction of milkfish in nature is far less understood than populations of milkfish bred and propagated in captivity (see “Aquaculture” below). In the...

Coral sand is a form of aragonite sand particles originating in tropical and sub-tropical marine environments primarily from bioerosion of limestone skeletal...

Coral rag is a rubbly limestone composed of ancient coral reef material. The term also refers to the building blocks quarried from these strata, which...

reefs of Malaysia. The giant clam lives in flat coral sand or broken coral and may be found at depths of as great as 20 m (66 ft).: 10  Its range covers...