some coral utilize red wavelengths after all...?

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just saw this article, very cool. The pigments in some corals that absorb blue-green light also emit into the far-red spectrum, probably to help them photosynthesize in deeper waters (if I interpreted this correctly). Could help explain why some coral seem to do well - in terms of light at least - wherever we put them in our aquariums.


Link to actual paper: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.73521 (You can click "download" on the right)
 

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