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🪸 Coral Spawning: Moon, Temperature, Synchrony and Larval Dispersal Lab

Watch a reef spawn a few nights after the full moon. Warm water and lunar cues set each colony's night, sperm slicks decide how many eggs are fertilised, and larvae drift on the current to the home reef or a neighbour. Change warming, light pollution, colony density and currents.

Ecology & Conservation Biology3DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted🟠 Blender
coral-spawning-moon-temperature-synchrony-larval-dispersal-lab ↗ Open standalone
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Watch a reef spawn a few nights after the full moon. Warm water and lunar cues set each colony's night, sperm slicks decide how many eggs are fertilised, and larvae drift on the current to the home reef or a neighbour. Change warming, light pollution, colony density and currents.

Coral ReefSpawning SynchronyLarval DispersalOcean WarmingThree.jsBlender

3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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