Author : Osha Gray Davidson
Release : 1998-04-13
Genre : Science
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis The Enchanted Braid by : Osha Gray Davidson
Download or read book The Enchanted Braid written by Osha Gray Davidson. This book was released on 1998-04-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A phenomenon of both awesome beauty and vital importance, the coral reef is home to the most diverse range of species of any environment on the planet, including fish, shrimps, worms, snails, crabs, sea cucumbers, sea stars, urchins, anemones, and sea squirts. The crux of reef life, scientists have discovered, lies in nature's most intimate example of symbiosis: the mutually beneficial relationship between the coral polyp and its "tenant," the zooxanthellate algae. Davidson's history begins with this deceptively diminutive hybrid, the engine behind the construction of the limestone-based coral structure.