Red algae play an extremely important role in the world's oceans today. For example, their calcareous skeletons ensure that coral reefs in the tropics remain stable and are even able to withstand ...

A team has now discovered that a very specific type of 'cement' is responsible for the stability of coral reefs - by forming a hard calcareous skeleton, coralline red algae stabilize the reefs ...

Interest in deep-sea mining has increased globally in recent years. And even as the International Seabed Authority (ISA), the ...

After crossing different color morphs of the Acropora millepora, and exposing the larval offspring to an attractive settlement cue of crushed calcareous red algae–essentially catnip to coral ...

The plugs are typically prepared with crustose coralline algae – CCA for short – a rock-hard calcareous red algae and most corals readily settle on that, Engelsma said. Pristine CCA won’t do ...

University of Guam researchers have discovered four new species of crustose calcifying red algae, a group of marine algae that deposits limestone-like stony corals, according to an announcement ...

A team of researchers from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel has for the first time examined the adaptability of the calcified alga Emiliania huxleyi to ocean acidification in a ...

In a new study, scientists from the ZMT have noted significant changes in the calcareous skeleton of the alga Halimeda as a result of a more acidic water environment. These may have an impact on ...

The genus Hypnea consists of calcareous, erect, branched red seaweeds ... Several recent studies have shown that algae with calcareous mineral deposits are prone for the damage from ocean ...