Scientists from Monaco Researching Links Between Human Health and Coral Health

Porites lobata. The immune response of the coral materializes through the pink color. The color comes from a chromoprotein produced by the coral in response to a threat. Photo © CSM.

Researchers from Centre Scientifique de Monaco (CSM) will collect samples from two species of corals showing abnormal growths in Hawaiʻi’s Kāneʻohe Bay from November 30^th until December 9^th, 2018. The mission takes place as part of the Monaco Explorations campaign and will be hosted by the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology on Moku O Loʻe Island.

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Scientists from Monaco Researching Links Between Human Health and Coral Health

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