Open AccessAn Informational Guide to Common Stony Corals of Florida
Author(s) -
Joseph Henry,
Roy P. Yag,
Maia McGuire,
Joshua T. Patterson
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
edis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2576-0009
DOI - 10.32473/edis-fa210-2018
Subject(s) - coral , endangered species , reef , coral reef , aquaculture of coral , fishery , geography , ecology , natural (archaeology) , biology , archaeology , habitat
The following information is meant to be a guide to Scleractinian (stony) corals of Florida. All corals presented in this paper are in a protected status under Florida’s Coral Reef Protection Act and several of these species are federally protected under the Endangered Species Act. In their natural environment, these corals should never be handled or touched in any form.