Comment Comment by kortex This sounds like propagation of algae from unbleached to bleached coral, not colonization of skeletal structure.> Nobody involved with any of this consulted a marine biologist with a rudimentary understanding of coralHmm.> Stephen Palumbi: Jane and Marshall Steel Jr. Professor of Marine Sciences, Professor of Oceans and of Biologyhttps://profiles.stanford.edu/stephen-palumbi?releaseVersion...You sure he doesnt have even a rudimentary understanding of coral? Did you read the paper? I'm going to assume the marine biologist publishing papers has at least some idea on corals, unless give a good reason to doubt it. parent kortex 14 days ago
> Nobody involved with any of this consulted a marine biologist with a rudimentary understanding of coral
Hmm.
> Stephen Palumbi: Jane and Marshall Steel Jr. Professor of Marine Sciences, Professor of Oceans and of Biology
https://profiles.stanford.edu/stephen-palumbi?releaseVersion...
You sure he doesnt have even a rudimentary understanding of coral? Did you read the paper? I'm going to assume the marine biologist publishing papers has at least some idea on corals, unless give a good reason to doubt it.