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Injured Coral? Expect Less Sex


Injured Coral? Expect Less Sex


Female Antillogorgia elisabethae with newly released eggs and developing planulae larvae.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Coral colonies that suffered tissue damage in The Bahamas were still producing low numbers of eggs four years after the injuries occurred, according to new research by University at Buffalo scientists.

Probiotics significantly increase growth and health of larval clownfish


Probiotics significantly increase growth and health of larval clownfish


Probiotics significantly decrease the metamorphosis time for larval clownfish. Left: treated with probiotics. Right: not treated with probiotics.

Published two weeks ago in 2009 in the American Journal of Physiology – Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, researchers made an interesting find: the addition of a specific strain of probiotic bacteria to larval clownfish food and tank water immediately post-hatch yields fish with increased body weight, decreased metamorphosis time, decreased stress markers, and reduced bone deformities.