See sources mentioned in this episode at the bottom of this description.

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Meet our co-host, Jackson Hoeke - A fellow coral fanatic and a marine and aquatic scientist. He holds a Master’s in marine science with a background in marine invertebrates and invasive species. Our history as young scientists goes way back, to the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology at Dr. Young's deep sea lab. Jackson is also a phenomenal marine illustrator - and guess what ?! - He is our fantastic cover art creator!

Dive into the basics of coral reefs! We discuss the broad topics of taxonomy and reef formation. In the following podcast, we get microscopic and touch on their symbiotic relationship with Zooxanthellae algae!

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Sources:

Corals are thousands of individuals, called polyps: Barnes, R.D. 1987. Invertebrate Zoology; Fifth Edition. Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich College Publishers. pp. 92-96, 127-134, 149-162.

Carbon Dating:Dating corals, knowing the Ocean. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. (2019, February 26). https://www.whoi.edu/know-your-ocean/ocean-topics/ocean-life/coral/dating-corals-knowing-the-ocean/

Coral Mucus Defense Mechanisms: Anithajothi, R., Duraikannu, K., Umagowsalya, G., & Ramakritinan, C. M. (2014, August 18). The presence of biomarker enzymes of selected Scleractinian corals of Palk Bay, Southeast Coast of India. BioMed research international. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4151617/#:~:text=The%20recognition%20of%20the%20coral,situated%20at%20southeast%20of%20India.

"Corals first appeared around 535 million years ago": Turgeon, D.D. and R.G. Asch. In Press. The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States. Washington D.C.; NOAA.