10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BRAIN CORAL»
Discover the use of
brain coral in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
brain coral and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Field Guide to
Coral Reefs: Caribbean and Florida
LARGE GROOVED BRAIN CORAL p. 83 Colpophyllia natans Large
hemispherical boulder with broad hills and valleys about equal in width. Pale
brown; valleys greenish. Thin groove on hill ridges. Steplike extension from about
halfway down ...
Eugene Herbert Kaplan, Roger Tory Peterson, 1999
2
A
Coral Reef Food Chain: A Who-Eats-What Adventure in the ...
It crunches through the dead staghorn coral and pierces the shell of a brain coral.
This reef is already dying, but boaters, snorkelers, and fishers destroy living coral
all the time. It may be hundreds of years before it can grow back again, if at all.
Rebecca Hogue Wojahn, Donald Wojahn, 2009
3
Seashore Life of Florida and the Caribbean
The polyp tentacles are greenish with white tips. Brain coral Diploria
labyrinthifcrmis (Linnaeus) The brain coral forms massive, boulder-size clumps 6
to 8 ft. (2 to 2.5 m) in diameter and height. In life it is brownish yellow. The surface
is covered ...
4
Library of Congress Subject Headings
C7 (Zoology )j BT Faviidae NT Grooved brain coral Knobby brain coral
Symmetrical brain coral Diploria clivosa USE Knobby brain coral Diploria
labyrinthiformis USE Grooved brain coral Diploria strigosa USE Symmetrical
brain coral Diplosis ...
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, 2009
5
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
Now in that species of coral which is called brain coral, we have a complete
representation of the convolutions of the cerebrum. In the branching coral, we
have also the image of the arbor vitae of the cerebellum. Again, in that variety
which is ...
david witherall. Lobophyllia hemprichii Lobophyllia hemprichii (brain coral) (brain
coral) Lobophyllia hemprichii Lobophyllia hemprichii (brain coral) (brain coral)
Lobophyllia pachysepta Symphyllia sp. (brain coral) (brain coral) Goniastrea ...
7
Coral Reefs: An Ecosystem in Transition: An Ecosystem in ...
Note the wide space between the two colonies, and distortion of the regular
growth pattern of the branching coral on the side facing the brain coral. (d) Close-
up of expanded tentacles on a brain coral at night. Note the elongated sweeper ...
Zvy Dubinsky, Noga Stambler, 2010
The most common species are the giant brain coral (Colpophyllia natans), and
three species of the genus Diploria: the grooved brain coral (Diploria
labyrinthiformis), the smooth brain coral (Diploria strigosa), and the knobby brain
coral ...
George Lewbel, George S. Lewbel, 1991
9
Modern Text Book of Zoology: Invertebrates
Meandrina or 'brain-coral' forms encrusting gigantic masses of limestone,
measuring 2 to 3 meters in diameter and weighing several tons. Each mass is an
accumulated deposit of several generations of polyps. Surface of colony is
marked by ...
The brain coral has learned the secret to longevity — they can live for up to 200
years! And they understand the importance of community — several of these
small corals can form a colony over 6 feet (1.8 m) tall! Brain coral, like all corals,
are ...
Matthew Murrie, Steve Murrie, 2010
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BRAIN CORAL»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
brain coral is used in the context of the following news items.
Massages and martinis in Mauritius
The snorkelling is good here. We see a huge variety of tropical fish, bright spindly coral as well as the intriguing brain coral and, on one outing, ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
Red Sea's Glowing Corals are Rainbow of Colors
Mesophotic Brain Coral (Lobophyllia coral), which can change from green to red when exposed to violet light. Credit: Jörg Wiedenmann ... «Live Science, Jun 15»
Signs point to less coral bleaching this summer than in years past
A brain coral head on the Florida Keys reef tract shows extreme bleaching last August. MOTE MARINE LABORATORY. Windy weather off the ... «KeysNet, Jun 15»
Kevin Arrow helps merge art and science at the Frost
... Sinisa Kukec using a piece of brain coral. Arrow also won a $15,000 Knight Arts Challenge grant for a program called Science Art Cinema. «Miami Herald, Jun 15»
Ancient Mayan Ruin Certified at Grand Sirenis Riviera Maya
... there is current of fresh water that flows into the bay which has created a cenote, or fresh water cave, inhabited by clusters of brain coral. «TravelPulse, Jun 15»
The Microbe That Invaded Caribbean Coral Reefs
Brain coral, Pseudodiploria strigosa (Credit: Robin T. Smith, Science Under Sail) with Symbiodinium algae (inset; credit: Sung Yeon Lee and ... «National Geographic, Jun 15»
Exploring a Biofluorescent Reef
... on the blue lights. Suddenly everything is black, except for a select brain coral head and the occasional anemone which stand out in neon. «National Geographic, May 15»
The creativity of Caymanian jewelry
She also makes stunning jewelry and sculptures from brain coral that washes up from the sea. Rachel Christ. Rachel Christ of Xie Xie Designs ... «Cayman Compass, May 15»
Talking on the moon makes for fascinating BBC doco
It introduced us to the brain coral, a striking-looking seabed organism that lives its life cycle strictly in relation to the lunar cycle, and apparently ... «Stuff.co.nz, May 15»
Guamania! Part I: Cuckoo for Cocos
Crown-of-thorns starfish and tiger cowries were tucked in among the different types of branching corals and mounts of brain coral that sped past ... «DeeperBlue.com, May 15»
