Sentences with phrase «algal partner»

Bleaching does not necessarily spell death for coral: If the hot - water event passes quickly, the coral will reunite with its algal partner, regain its color and avoid starvation.

A study of 22 different types of lichens revealed 10 included fungi that had lost a gene for energy production, making them completely dependent on their algal partner.

Professor Don Levitan, chair of the Department of Biological Science, writes in the latest issue of Marine Ecology Progress Series that bleaching — a process where high water temperatures or UV light stresses the coral to the point where it loses its symbiotic algal partner that provides the coral with color — is also affecting the long - term fertility of the coral.

Heat - stress induced loss of the algal partners from the coral host can result in the often fatal process known as «coral bleaching».

Not exact matches

The fungal partner in many lichen jettison a gene that's critical for energy production — making them completely dependent on their algal associates.