<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ac0b0af6-4a57-4c7a-af83-43bcaf5a4d3b/C20947EE-E29B-4BBD-ADF5-185EAD73400F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Oman/10121995.html" href="http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Oman/10121995.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.gulfnews.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Oman/10121995.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.gulfnews.com/img/E52A8574-6550-4F94-B521-03E8AAA1A884" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Oman/10121995.html"><DIV>The blue coral discovered has small colonies 5-6 cm across and has been found in numerous sites across Oman. The researchers hope to find at least 20 more species. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Oman/10121995.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.gulfnews.com/img/3B9DD0AE-E370-416D-AD2D-677B60FB6F8B" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Oman/10121995.html"><DIV>Coral reefs form a natural barrier and a self-sustaining marine life system thrive among these natural wonder. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Oman/10121995.html">Two Oman-based researchers have discovered two new species of corals off the Omani coast</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Oman/10121995.html">The duo also struck upon a rare and unusual coral colony that lives only in Omani waters</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Oman/10121995.html">The Belgian scientist believes that there were probably at least 20 more species yet to be discovered, possibly including five more new to science</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Oman/10121995.html"><P><FONT size="2" face="Verdana" color="#000000"><STRONG>Growing colonies</STRONG></FONT></p> <UL> <FONT size="2" face="Verdana" color="#000000"> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">From 0.9 hectares in 1986, the coral colonies at Daymaniyat Islands have grown to 7.5 hectares in 2003. </LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">In Oman, coral colonies are found mainly at Musandam, Muscat, Sur, Masirah and Dhofar areas. </LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">In late 90s only around 70 species of corals were known to have lived in Omani waters but now the number has gone to over 130</LI></FONT></UL></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C20947EE-E29B-4BBD-ADF5-185EAD73400F/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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