elkhorn coral
noun
elk·horn coral
ˈelk-ˌhȯrn- 
: a reef-building branching coral (Acropora palmata) of shallow waters of southern Florida and the West Indies
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Scientists only found living elkhorn coral at three sites: Carysfort Reef, Sombrero Reef in the middle Keys and Eastern Dry Rocks off Key West.
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Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 16 Feb. 2024
Dead skeletons of the elkhorn corals were covered in algae, dust and sediment.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
In Florida, bleaching in the summer of 2014 harmed or destroyed a third of elkhorn corals at federal monitoring sites across the Upper Keys.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
On Sunday, September 2, Kimani Kitson-Walters, a native of Jamaica who works at the Caribbean Netherlands Science Institute on Sint-Eustatius, reports—with celebratory emojis—that Sint-Eustatius’s elkhorn coral colonies were spawning.
—Michelle Nijhuis, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2018
Acropora is a genus of common stony corals comprising table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral, along with others.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
The bacteria can also infect coral—in 2002, Porter and his colleagues learned that S. marcescens causes white pox disease in elkhorn coral.
—Joseph Castro, Discover Magazine, 18 Aug. 2011
Here, in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, scientists at the Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium are growing elkhorn coral in a lab in the Florida Keys before introducing them into the wild.
—David Wallace-Wells, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2022
Forty years ago, the elkhorn coral was one of the most common species in the Caribbean.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 23 Aug. 2011
Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 16 Feb. 2024
Dead skeletons of the elkhorn corals were covered in algae, dust and sediment.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
In Florida, bleaching in the summer of 2014 harmed or destroyed a third of elkhorn corals at federal monitoring sites across the Upper Keys.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
On Sunday, September 2, Kimani Kitson-Walters, a native of Jamaica who works at the Caribbean Netherlands Science Institute on Sint-Eustatius, reports—with celebratory emojis—that Sint-Eustatius’s elkhorn coral colonies were spawning.
—Michelle Nijhuis, Discover Magazine, 12 Oct. 2018
Acropora is a genus of common stony corals comprising table coral, elkhorn coral, and staghorn coral, along with others.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
The bacteria can also infect coral—in 2002, Porter and his colleagues learned that S. marcescens causes white pox disease in elkhorn coral.
—Joseph Castro, Discover Magazine, 18 Aug. 2011
Here, in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, scientists at the Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium are growing elkhorn coral in a lab in the Florida Keys before introducing them into the wild.
—David Wallace-Wells, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2022
Forty years ago, the elkhorn coral was one of the most common species in the Caribbean.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 23 Aug. 2011
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