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A screenshot from the video of a coral head.
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How Coral Reefs Spawn

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A coral head in the Mesoamerican Reef has both bleached and living coral. The white sections are bleached and the brown parts still contain zooxanthellae, the symbiotic algae that provide food to their coral hosts.
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Bleached Coral On Mesoamerican Reef

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On coral reefs fish are important links in the food chain that sustains higher-order predators (including humans) and keeps everything in balance.
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Black Axil Chromis on a Coral Reef

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Walter Adey and the NMNH coral reef tank
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Walter Adey and Coral Reef Tank

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Bill Hoffman cleaning the tank windows before opening the aquarium for the day.
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Bill Hoffman Cleans Coral Reef Tank

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Cover of 2018 Mesoamerican Reef Report Card
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Healthy Reefs Initiative Report Card

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Pieces of baby coral hang on PVC pipe structures until they are large enough to be transplanted.
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Coral Hanging On PVC Pipes

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Two ARMS sit on the ocean floor.
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Picture of ARMS in Papua New Guinea

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"This shot was taken during a dusk dive in Southern Leyte in the Philippines. I ended the dive with an amazing sunset," wrote Paul Cowell of his winning image.
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Surfacing into a Sunset

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A healthy, thriving coral reef in the Caribbean Sea.
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A Healthy Mesoamerican Reef

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The Mesoamerican Reef extends over 600 miles (1000 km) through the waters of Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and Honduras and includes the Western Hemisphere’s longest barrier reef.
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Mesoamerican Reef Regional Map

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Corals Get Covered: The Gulf oil spill was different from many big oil spills in history because oil spewed from a well in the deep sea instead of leaking onto the ocean's surface. GoMRI scientists have found that oil remains in the deep to this day—and
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Corals Get Covered

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