White pox has nearly wiped out hornlike elkhorn coral in some reefs in the Caribbean and elsewhere. |
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Its victim is the elkhorn coral, an important Caribbean species that provides most of the reef structure in shallow water. |
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The bubbles were still rising out of an upturned elkhorn which had rolled down the slope. |
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The team's research emphasis is on Acropora palmata, or elkhorn coral, a major reef-building coral. |
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Within four years after the white pox was found, the population of elkhorn coral in Eastern Dry Rocks Reef had decreased by 82 percent. |
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The same disease had eliminated the elkhorn coral which should form a natural breakwater for Caribbean shores. |
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In the beautiful elkhorn stands we found red-lipped blennies in three-color phases, octopus in the day, candy striped shrimp, lots of macro life, and scorpionfish. |
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A snorkeler's heaven, the thick barrier reef of endangered elkhorn coral has extraordinary formations, deep grottoes, abundant reef fishes, and waving sea fans. |
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Hagedorn recently created the first frozen repositories for endangered elkhorn coral, Acropora palmate, and Hawaiian mushroom coral, Fungia scutari. |
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Specimens of Gillichthys mirabilis were caught using baited minnow traps in Elkhorn Slough, approximately 20 km north of Monterey, Calif. |
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After all that exercise, you'll want to veg out in one of two thermal pools at Elkhorn Hot Springs. |
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Various analyses of numerous Havana Hopewell platform pipes from Illinois revealed most to be made of Elkhorn Creek pipestone. |
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The South Fork of the Elkhorn River goes under the road in a culvert. |
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We eat the double greaseburger at the Elkhorn in Pagosa Springs, and then stop just a few blocks away, at the hot springs. |
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