«Water depth, the physical structure of the reef before disturbance, nutrient levels, the amount of grazing by fish and survival of juvenile corals could help predict reef recovery, «says study lead author, Dr Nicholas Graham from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University in Australia. (sciencedaily.com)
«We saw that within a few days juvenile coral adapted to CO2 levels double those experienced today with no obvious disruption to its life processes,» says study co-author, Professor David Miller, who leads the molecular biology group in the Coral CoE. (sciencedaily.com)
One study, for example, found that juvenile corals inoculated with strains of algae collected from a warm reef known for heat resistance grew well when exposed to temperatures up to 32 °C, whereas samples of the same coral inoculated with algae from a cooler reef suffered bleaching and tissue death. (scientificamerican.com)