[Coral-List] Stimulus Funds Help To Revive Florida's Coral Reefs

[Mark Eakin]

Stimulus Funds Help To Revive Florida's Coral Reefs
from today's Morning Edition:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113294892

Researchers in Florida are growing new coral and transplanting it onto  
damaged reefs. They're using techniques developed, not by a marine  
scientist, but by the owner of a tropical fish company. With $3  
million in stimulus money from the federal government, the project is  
being expanded.

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C. Mark Eakin, Ph.D.
Coordinator, NOAA Coral Reef Watch
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Center for Satellite Applications and Research
Satellite Oceanography & Climate Division
e-mail: mark.eakin at noaa.gov
url: coralreefwatch.noaa.gov

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