Montipora corals are brittle and easy to frag because they contain microscopic asbestos-like fibers in their skeleton structure. Eric Roth examined a frag sample under a scanning electron microscope and found fibers resembling asbestos embedded throughout the coral's structure. These fibers may help explain the fragility of Montipora corals.
Montipora corals are brittle and easy to frag because they contain microscopic asbestos-like fibers in their skeleton structure. Eric Roth examined a frag sample under a scanning electron microscope and found fibers resembling asbestos embedded throughout the coral's structure. These fibers may help explain the fragility of Montipora corals.
Montipora corals are brittle and easy to frag because they contain microscopic asbestos-like fibers in their skeleton structure. Eric Roth examined a frag sample under a scanning electron microscope and found fibers resembling asbestos embedded throughout the coral's structure. These fibers may help explain the fragility of Montipora corals.
Ever wonder why Montipora corals are so brittle and easy to frag?
Eric Roth took a sample of a
Montipora digitata frag (recently lost to RTN) under a scanning electron microscope. His images Asbestos particles bigodes de AsGa em troncos de nanofios de silício visíveis após a deposição de GaAs