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According to NOAA, up to 98 percent of the staghorn population in U.S. waters has withered since the 1970s.

 

How depressing.

 

One thing I have always wondered, if the decline is primarily due to increasing temperatures, as this article and virtually all others indicate, why haven't we seen a northerly migration of this and other corals?

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Guest Larry-T

How depressing.

 

One thing I have always wondered, if the decline is primarily due to increasing temperatures, as this article and virtually all others indicate, why haven't we seen a northerly migration of this and other corals?

 

Corals, being less mobile than other groups, need favorable current and a longer time span to alter their range significantly. So those animals less able to move in response to environmental stress are the most likely to go extinct.

 

Maybe NOAA could set up a refuge area further North and try to establish them in a cooler clime. It would be worth trying, if they had the support ($$$) to do it.

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