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 (24) Displaying image 24 of 37 Manual Slideshow Mode Top > The State of the R.. > how to view this a.. > 24 FILE INFO Caption Soft corals are filter the ocean water for food and can only be as healthy as the water that passes through them. They do not have hard internal skeletons and are often mistaken for plants because of their flexible appearance. Soft corals often have hard exterior skeletons that are not necessarily as soft as their manner suggests. All soft corals are comprised of a material called grogonoin, which is similar to our hair and fingernails. Filename Size Date Added 24.jpg 797 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