A comparison of normal coral with some dead skeletal material
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Detailed Description
A comparison of normal coral with some dead skeletal material covered by typical secondary colonization (right) and a wilting, dying coral covered with oil plume debris (left). Image courtesy of, Lophelia II 2010, NOAA OER and BOEM