All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 April Coral spawning success advances Ningaloo climate research Coral spawning success advances Ningaloo climate research 04/04/2022 | 3 MINS The spectacular coral spawning event that occurs off Western AustraliaΓÇÖs Ningaloo coastline each year has been successfully simulated for the first time under controlled conditions at the Minderoo Exmouth Research Lab. During spawning, the corals release a shower of tiny gametes into the water column to cross fertilise. The resultant larvae drift with the currents before settling back onto the reef, carrying with them the hope for growing new coral colonies that form the building blocks for coral reef ecosystems. The coral larvae now growing in Exmouth are being used by scientists from the Australian Institute of Marine Science and Lombok Institute of Technology to examine why some individual corals are more resilient to heat stress. Minderoo Foundation Flourishing Oceans Initiative Director Dr Tony Worby explained, having the Lab built on the doorstep of the World Heritage Ningaloo Marine
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 April Coral spawning success advances Ningaloo climate research Coral spawning success advances Ningaloo climate research 04/04/2022 | 3 MINS The spectacular coral spawning event that occurs off Western AustraliaΓÇÖs Ningaloo coastline each year has been successfully simulated for the first time under controlled conditions at the Minderoo Exmouth Research Lab.
During spawning, the corals release a shower of tiny gametes into the water column to cross fertilise.
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The resultant larvae drift with the currents before settling back onto the reef, carrying with them the hope for growing new coral colonies that form the building blocks for coral reef ecosystems.
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The coral larvae now growing in Exmouth are being used by scientists from the Australian Institute of Marine Science and Lombok Institute of Technology to examine why some individual corals are more resilient to heat stress.
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Minderoo Foundation Flourishing Oceans Initiative Director Dr Tony Worby explained, having the Lab built on the doorstep of the World Heritage Ningaloo Marine
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