S E A R C H - All Categories - 0000 Archive of Underwater Images - 0000 Videos now on YouTube - 000 Featured dives of the past - 000 San Blas coral reefs 2007 - 001 St. Maarten - 002 Aruba 2007 - 00 Gallery - 01 Key West coral reefs - 02 Bahamas coral reefs - 03 Cuba coral reefs - 04 Jamaica coral reefs - 05 Cozumel coral reefs 1997 - 06 coral reef disease and infection - 07 coral reef Physical Stress - 08 Key West Marine Park. - 09 Western Sambo coral nursery - 10 Coral Nursery report - 11 Coral Stress Report 1998 Key West - 12 Monitoring coral stress and disease - 13 St. Kitts Peninsula Ecosystem Survey - coral bleaching - State of the Reef 2007 - The State of the Reef 2003 - Yellow Band Disease AND   OR   PHRASE how to view this as a slide show (18) Displaying image 18 of 37 Manual Slideshow Mode Top > The State of the R.. > how to view this a.. > 18 FILE INFO Caption The bodies of coral polyps are transparent, jelly-like tubes that have a mouth one one end surrounded by stinging tentacles. Corals turn carbon dioxide into limestone and build tiny limestone houses around their bodies for protection. Filename Size Date Added 18.jpg 469 Kb 04/21/2011 Return to Thumbnail View Send As A Postcard C A T E G O R I E S - 0000 Archive of Underwater Images - 0000 Videos now on YouTube - 000 Featured dives of the past - 000 San Blas coral reefs 2007 - 001 St. Maarten - 002 Aruba 2007 - 00 Gallery - 01 Key West coral reefs - 02 Bahamas coral reefs - 03 Cuba coral reefs - 04 Jamaica coral reefs - 05 Cozumel coral reefs 1997 - 06 coral reef disease and infection - 07 coral reef Physical Stress - 08 Key West Marine Park. - 09 Western Sambo coral nursery - 10 Coral Nursery report - 11 Coral Stress Report 1998 Key West - 12 Monitoring coral stress and disease - 13 St. Kitts Peninsula Ecosystem Survey - coral bleaching - State of the Reef 2007 - The State of the Reef 2003 - Yellow Band Disease