Re: Coral Reporduction Question

Lewis Clark wrote:
> I overheard a conversation at an aquarium recently about how coral
> reproduce.  One person stated that thousands of coral in a habitat all
> produce eggs at the same time.  The thousands of eggs all at once help a few
> survive predators.
>
> Does anyone know how the coral coordinate this activity?

Some do by chemical substances (like hormones), some induced by the moon 
(at least that's how some worm (?) does it), I guess several strategies 
have been developed.

Cheers, Christof
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Christof Kuhn
Inst. f. Angewandte Geologie,
Univ. f. BoKu Wien, Austria

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