{"651745":{"#nid":"651745","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Corals get a boost from other coral species in underwater gardens","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETwo Georgia Tech researchers from the School of Biological Sciences\u0026nbsp;set out to investigate whether newly established coral species grow better in the presence of other coral species, or whether competition between different species restricts growth rates. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/cody-clements-31b03a13\u0022\u003ECody Clements\u003C\/a\u003E, Teasley Postdoctoral Fellow, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/mark-hay\u0022\u003EMark Hay\u003C\/a\u003E, professor and Teasley Chair,\u0026nbsp;traveled to Mo\u0026rsquo;orea, French Polynesia, in the tropical Pacific Ocean, where they planted coral gardens differing in coral species diversity to evaluate the relative importance of mutualistic versus competitive interactions between the corals as they grew. This story also appeared in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.coastalnewstoday.com\/post\/world-underwater-gardens-boost-coral-diversity-to-stave-off-biodiversity-meltdown-2\u0022\u003ECoastal News Today\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-10-15 19:42:36","changed_gmt":"2021-10-15 19:42:36","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"electroCore","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.earth.com\/news\/corals-get-a-boost-from-other-coral-species-in-underwater-gardens\/","dateline":{"date":"2021-10-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-10-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"176940","name":"Cody Clements"},{"id":"13884","name":"Mark Hay"},{"id":"100731","name":"corals"},{"id":"100711","name":"coral reefs"},{"id":"189000","name":"coral diversity"},{"id":"10936","name":"Biodiversity"}],"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":""}}}