Scientific research on atolls in the mid-twentieth century supports the hypothesis of reef formation first described by Darwin over a hundred years earlier. Coral reefs can be separated into three ...

Coral reefs are very much the rainforests of the ... The physiology of skeleton formation in corals. I. A method for measuring the rate of calcium deposition by corals under different conditions.

Corals helped Darwin refine his ideas about evolution. His first scientific book after returning from the voyage of the Beagle was an account of the formation of coral reefs.

Mary Hagedorn Coral reefs are some of the oldest ... into cells to help prevent lethal ice formation during the freezing phase. If done properly, the cells remain frozen and alive in liquid ...