USGS Multimedia Gallery for Set: Coral

http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/logos/usgs_only.jpg USGS Multimedia Gallery for Set: Coral http://gallery.usgs.gov/ en-us OC_Web@usgs.gov (Office of Communications Web Group) http://gallery.usgs.gov/images/USGS.gif USGS http://gallery.usgs.gov/ <![CDATA[Diseased Coral]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/12_14_2012_l52Skw7JId_12_14_2012_0 Cyanobacteria-affected coral at Makua, Kauai on August 5, 2012. The green dots indicate macroalgae; the red dots indicate cyanobacteria-associated tissue loss; and the blue dots indicate live coral.

]]> <![CDATA[Diseased Monitpora Coral]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/12_14_2012_l52Skw7JId_12_14_2012_1 Coral tissue loss revealed by a white skeleton. The green dots indicate macroalgae; the red dots indicate cyanobacteria-associated tissue loss; and the blue dots indicate live coral.

]]> <![CDATA[Diseased Monitpora Coral]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/12_14_2012_l52Skw7JId_12_14_2012_3 Coral tissue loss revealed by a white skeleton. The mats of grey-black organic material are cyanobacteria, and separate the dead coral from the intact tissue. The green dots indicate macroalgae; the red dots indicate cyanobacteria-associated tissue loss; and the blue dots indicate live coral.

]]> <![CDATA[Sampling Diseased Coral]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/12_14_2012_l52Skw7JId_12_14_2012_4 USGS scientist Thierry Work takes a sample from diseased coral at Tunnels Reef on the north shore of Kauai, Hawaii

]]> <![CDATA[Scientists Gathering Data from Area with Diseased Coral]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/12_14_2012_l52Skw7JId_12_14_2012_5 Dr. Greta Aeby (left), a coral expert with the Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology at the University of Hawai‘i, and Dr. Thierry Work, wildlife disease specialist for the USGS National Wildlife Health Center exit the water at ‘Anini after more than six hours of documenting and photographing diseased rice corals.

]]> <![CDATA[Fish Sample from Area with Diseased Coral]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/12_14_2012_l52Skw7JId_12_14_2012_6 Dr. Thierry Work, wildlife disease specialist for the USGS National Wildlife Health Center, measures one of several Hawaiian white-spotted toby fish he caught Nov. 28 at ‘Anini. The fish, which have black skin discoloration and lesions on their fins, will be tested as part of an ongoing coral disease study along Kaua‘i’s North Shore.

]]> <![CDATA[Coral Reef Affected by White Syndrome]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/01_11_2012_aEUh83Jww6_01_11_2012_0 Coral reef affected by Montipora White Syndrome. Note the large swath of white skeleton tissue surrounded by normal (brown) corals.

]]> <![CDATA[Coral Reef Affected by White Syndrome]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/01_11_2012_aEUh83Jww6_01_11_2012_1 Coral reef affected by Montipora White Syndrome. Note the large swath of white skeleton tissue surrounded by normal (brown) corals.

]]> <![CDATA[Reef Squid at USGS Monitoring Station]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_10_2011_f30Md55ccw_05_10_2011_1 A curious reef squid hovers over a calcification-monitoring station used to measure calcification rates to determine impact of ocean acidification on coral growth at Fowey Rocks Light Reef in Biscayne National Park.

]]> <![CDATA[Deep-Sea Black Coral from the Gulf of Mexico]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_30_2011_o63Vma8LLg_03_30_2011_0 Sample of black coral (class Anthoza, order Antipatharia) collected from the Gulf of Mexico at 300 m, with a 15-cm ruler at base for scale.

]]> <![CDATA[Black Coral Living in the Gulf of Mexico]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_28_2011_fja4Dpo0CW_03_28_2011_1 These 2- to 3-m-tall orange-colored, black coral trees (Leiopathes cf. glabberima) growing near Viosca Knoll in the Gulf of Mexico are among the oldest living organisms on Earth.

]]> <![CDATA[Black Coral Growth Rings]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/03_28_2011_fja4Dpo0CW_03_28_2011_2

Scanning Electron Microscope photograph of growth rings in black coral from the Gulf of Mexico.

]]> <![CDATA[Coral Core Recovery]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_06_2010_c28Ja44Yyt_10_06_2010_0 <![CDATA[A Swimming Hole at Palmyra National Wildlife Refuge]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/10_01_2010_w06Ev32uto_10_01_2010_4 <![CDATA[Flat Cays, U.S. Virgin Islands Coral Reef]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_17_2010_i41Pht6GFb_08_17_2010_0 Shallow coral reefs in the U.S. Virgin Islands are in jeopardy due to climate warming and ocean acidification.

]]> <![CDATA[A Diversity of Corals Growing in the Mangroves Within Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_12_2010_w0Se73Hut5_08_12_2010_0 USGS scientists are collaborating with scientists at the University of the Virgin Islands to learn more about why these corals are thriving while coral cover on USVI reefs has declined by 60% from bleaching and disease.� With climate change, sea water temperatures are expected to rise with bleaching events becoming more common.

]]> <![CDATA[A Diversity of Corals Growing in the Mangroves Within Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_12_2010_w0Se73Hut5_08_12_2010_1 USGS scientists are collaborating with scientists at the University of the Virgin Islands to learn more about why these corals are thriving while coral cover on USVI reefs has declined by 60% from bleaching and disease.� With climate change, sea water temperatures are expected to rise with bleaching events becoming more common.

]]> <![CDATA[A Queen Angelfish Swims in Front of Coral Colonies of Several Species Growing in Mangroves Within Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_12_2010_w0Se73Hut5_08_12_2010_2 USGS scientists are collaborating with scientists at the University of the Virgin Islands to learn more about why these corals are thriving while coral cover on USVI reefs has declined by 60% from bleaching and disease.� With climate change, sea water temperatures are expected to rise with bleaching events becoming more common.

]]> <![CDATA[An Endangered Red Hawksbill Sea Turtle Swims Over a Threatened Elkhorn Coral in Virgin Islands National Park]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_12_2010_w0Se73Hut5_08_12_2010_3 <![CDATA[Brain Coral Christmas]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_12_2010_c28Jbn4AYt_08_12_2010_0 <![CDATA[Deepsea Brittle Star]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_12_2010_c28Jbn4AYt_08_12_2010_1 <![CDATA[Lunch Date]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/08_12_2010_c28Jbn4AYt_08_12_2010_2 <![CDATA[Coral Larvae]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/06_07_2010_gKBn16Pdd8_06_07_2010_0 <![CDATA[Sea Squirts Grow on Prop Roots]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_03_2010_otk7Nay44G_05_03_2010_0 <![CDATA[Giant Caribbean Anemone (Condylactis gigantea)]]> http://gallery.usgs.gov/photos/05_03_2010_q74Xpc0ONi_05_03_2010_3