{"609594":{"#nid":"609594","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Coral Snails: An Unexpected Threat To Already Damaged Reefs","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETiny, camouflaged\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.rh.gatech.edu\/news\/609044\/previously-overlooked-coral-ticks-weaken-degraded-reefs\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022snails are harming coral reefs\u0022\u003Esnails are harming coral reefs\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;already vulnerable to degradation from rising sea temperatures, overfishing and pollution. Biologist \u003Cstrong\u003EMark Hay\u003C\/strong\u003E and others\u0026nbsp;at the Georgia Institute of Technology discovered groups of thumbnail-sized snails preying on the coral species\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EPorites cylindrica\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003Eby sucking their fluid like a tick, and found that they can reduce coral growth by up to 43 percent in less than a month.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"30678","created_gmt":"2018-08-10 19:36:31","changed_gmt":"2018-08-10 19:36:31","author":"A. Maureen Rouhi","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"student org hub","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.tun.com\/blog\/coral-snails-threat-to-damaged-reefs\/","dateline":{"date":"2018-08-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-08-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"600850":{"id":"600850","type":"image","title":"Mark Hay, Regents Professor and Harry and Linda Teasley Chair in the School of Biological Sciences","body":null,"created":"1516120538","gmt_created":"2018-01-16 16:35:38","changed":"1516120538","gmt_changed":"2018-01-16 16:35:38","alt":"","file":{"fid":"229043","name":"MarkHay.headshot.2018.1.square1080.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/MarkHay.headshot.2018.1.square1080.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/MarkHay.headshot.2018.1.square1080.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":599974,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/MarkHay.headshot.2018.1.square1080.jpg?itok=phTcqspI"}}},"media_ids":["600850"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}