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A SHORT time ago a letter appeared in the Press stating that coral was growing in the Southwick basin of Shoreham Harbour, Sussex, and was causing considerable trouble by fouling the bottoms of yachts and small boats lying in this part of the harbour. The Southwick canal, or basin, is locked off from the rest of Shoreham Harbour, its waters being kept at a constant level and free from tidal rise and fall. The sea water in the basin is used to cool the condensers of the Brighton and Hove electric power station, which is situated on its seaward side with coal wharves on the basin. Being of limited area, the water in the basin is appreciably warmed by this means, and is said not to fall below a minimum of about 65 ° F. At first this growth was thought to be a tropical reef-building coral which had somehow managed to survive the passage from Pacific or West Indian seas on the bottom of a yacht about a year ago, and was able to thrive in the comparatively warm waters of the basin.
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Excessive Marine Growth in Shoreham Harbour. Nature 140, 966 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/140966b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/140966b0