 "The Independent (London, England)")
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British corals in decline despite marine park protection.(News)
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The Independent (London, England)
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February 15, 2003| Author:
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BRITAIN'S TWO most spectacular corals are declining in the least likely place - England's only marine nature reserve.
Conservationists are increasingly concerned about the health of the pink sea fan coral and the sunset cup coral off the coast of Lundy, the rocky island in the Bristol Channel, whose waters are among the most protected in the world.
Both are worthy in appearance to grace a tropical reef. The pink sea fan, Eunicella verrucosa, looks like a delicate miniature tree, while the sunset cup coral, Leptopsammia pruvoti, is brilliant yellow in colour.
But ...
