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To: combjelly who wrote (731299)	8/6/2013 4:46:29 PM
From: Bilow	Respond to of 1576378

Hi combjelly; Re: "Wind driven currents are not relentlessly pushing north."; Did you even click on the link??? It showed that wind driven currents go in all directions. Even when the prevailing current is southerly there are northern currents. Re: "Besides, even if they were, reef corals need a substrate to grow on, you just cannot drop the larvae on a muddy or even a sandy bottom and expect them to survive, much less thrive." It only takes one planulae to start a coral reef. That's why they're produced in the millions. Re: "Once they settle on a suitable substrate, mortality is high and growth is slow, taking thousands of years to become a thriving community." One moment you're arguing extinction now you've retreated to "thriving community", LOL. The fact is that it was NATURE that left vast stretches of the ocean floor barren of places for coral to grow and it was MAN that created countless new sites. Coral should be happy we're here. Here, why don't you go complain about the environmental coverage at the BBC: The Wild World of Shipwrecks BBC Nature, April 2012 In 1881, the Kingston set sail from London. The captain and crew believed they were heading for Aden, but the ship never made it past the Red Sea. On the 22 February that year, she smashed into Shag Rock near the entrance to the Gulf of Suez. The crew were rescued, but the ship sank to the ocean floor. More than a century on, colourful coral covers the Kingston. The same sponges, tunicates and anemones that live on the adjacent reef are on the wreck. Around 38 species of stony corals and ten soft corals adorn the ship's surface. In many ways it has become part of the sea floor. Scientists are now studying the ill-fated Kingston, and other wrecks like her, to gauge their impact on the underwater world they have joined. And different wrecks are throwing up different surprises. While some are literally repulsive to marine life, others are becoming home to new, unexpected communities of animals. ... bbc.co.uk -- Carl P.S. There are 3 million shipwrecks on the ocean bottom, according to the BBC article. Why don't you show me why there aren't any that coral can colonize.