Fig. 5: Desmophyllum dianthus on coral plates and mooring. | Communications Biology

Fig. 5: Desmophyllum dianthus on coral plates and mooring.

From: Environmental stability and phenotypic plasticity benefit the cold-water coral Desmophyllum dianthus in an acidified fjord

Fig. 5

a Corals glued on white polyamide screws, which are fixed on grey plastic plates. The plates were fixed on a white plastic holder that was installed on the rock of a coral bank. b, c Corals on grey plastic plates fixed on a metal rack of mooring. The metal rack was lowered on a pulley (yellow line, b) until the yellow stopper buoy reached the anchored stone at 300 m water depth.

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