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Hawai"˜i Institute of Marine Biology Celebrates its Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Research PartnershipLast week, managers from the 43 marine sites on the World Heritage List of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) met in Hawai"˜i to explore ways of strengthening marine conservation. This engagement also coincided with the official inscription ceremony for the new Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument World Heritage site. The manager's...

Researchers at the Hawai"˜i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB), an organized research unit in the University of Hawai"˜i at Mānoa's School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology have made a remarkable new discovery.When most people envision coral, they typically think of shallow-water reef-building corals found along beaches and tropical nearshore habitats. These "typical" corals are dependent upon photosynthetic algae (also known as Symbiodinium or zooxanthellae) found in their...