Tag: Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Underwater microscope shows corals competing for space on reef

REUTERS — A new underwater microscope designed and built by researchers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego has revealed “turf wars” between millimeter-scale coral. The Benthic Underwater Microscope is a two-part system operated by a diver. It consists of a microscopic imaging unit controlled by an underwater computer. During underwater experiments, researchers placed different species of coral close to each other on the reef and, using the underwater microscope, […]