Coral larvae successfully stained to track dispersal and settlement

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Researchers have used a harmless dye to stain coral spawn and track its dispersal and settlement on the reef. Christopher Doropoulos and George Roff of CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere, Australia, developed the low-cost technique to provide a quick, simple, and non-toxic approach to studying dispersal in large numbers of coral larvae. The pair collected nearly…
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