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Coral Identification
Learn To Spot Meandering Coral
Nicole Helgason October 1, 2019

Meandering Coral Growth Form Meandering corals are next up on our list of coral growth forms. Meandering is just another word for brain corals as the long meandering walls and valleys looks like a bra…

Nicole Helgason October 1, 2019 0
Coral Identification
Learn About Coral Identification With the Ocean Gardener Coral Diver Course
Nicole Helgason June 16, 2019

Coral Identification Course If you’re interested to learn more about coral identification of species-rich Indo-Pacific corals you can now take a full three day, five dive Ocean Gardener Coral Di…

Nicole Helgason June 16, 2019 0
Coral Identification
Learn to Spot Encrusting Coral
Nicole Helgason June 10, 2019

Encrusting Coral Growth Form Corals grow in different growth forms to survive in different habitats, and the coral growth form which a most easily overlooked are the encrusting species. These corals c…

Nicole Helgason June 10, 2019 0
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Grow Your Brain by Learning About Corals
Guest Author May 8, 2019

By Dr. Laura Walton Earlier this year I attended a Reefdivers talk and was introduced to the idea of “Seeing the Reef with new eyes”: As divers we see the reef all the time, without ever really seeing…

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Coral Identification
Learn To Spot Six Types Of Plating Coral
Nicole Helgason February 5, 2019

Plating Corals Spotting coral can be overwhelming when everything looks the same. However, learning to recognize corals based on growth forms in the easiest way to master the art of coral spotting. Pl…

Nicole Helgason February 5, 2019 0
Coral Identification
Learn to Spot Six Types of Branching Coral
Nicole Helgason January 30, 2019

Six Types of Branching Coral One of the first steps to becoming a coral spotter is learning to recognize coral growth forms. An perhaps the most recognizable of them all is branching corals. But even …

Nicole Helgason January 30, 2019 0
Coral Identification
Learn To Spot Coral Diversity: Large Polyp Corals
Nicole Helgason January 29, 2019

Large Polyp Corals Large polyp corals are any hard coral species which have thick fleshy tissue and large corallites over a few centimeters wide. There are even some extra large species with polyps th…

Nicole Helgason January 29, 2019 0
Coral Identification
Learn To Spot Coral Diversity: Small Polyp Corals
Nicole Helgason January 28, 2019

Small Polyp Corals Do you remember how to tell the difference between hard and soft corals? Remember it has to do with the number of tentacles… We explained that hard corals are based on a six fold sy…

Nicole Helgason January 28, 2019 0
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Learn To Spot Coral Diversity: Coral Growth Forms
Nicole Helgason January 26, 2019

Learn to Spot Coral Growth Forms Corals are the foundation of the marine environment, but the diversity of coral species often gets overlooked. Looking for corals can be overwhelming. There are so man…

Nicole Helgason January 26, 2019 0
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Spot The Difference Between Hard Coral and Soft Coral
Nicole Helgason January 25, 2019

The Difference Between Hard and Soft Corals It may seem simple enough, one is soft and one is hard, but can you really spot the different between these two distinct groups of coral? The biggest differ…

Nicole Helgason January 25, 2019 0

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