Sentences with phrase «as zooxanthellae»

During bleaching events, corals loss the symbiotic algae (known as zooxanthellae) which causes the coral to look white as the limestone skeleton becomes visible.

Known as zooxanthellae, these algae live within the coral's exposed polyp tissues and are a crucially important photosynthetic source of carbon for the host.

These creatures are referred to as zooxanthellae and are a type of dinoflagellate.

Coral and algae, known as zooxanthellae, work in symbiosis by sharing nutrients.

These heat waves can cause coral bleaching (SN: 02/03/18, p. 16)-- corals eject the symbiotic algae known as zooxanthellae that provide corals with both nutrients and color.

Under normal conditions, corals have a symbiotic relationship with algae known as zooxanthellae.

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Corals such as the one depicted below have a symbiosis with multiple single - celled organisms called zooxanthellae.

In the short term, corals with flexible symbioses may shuffle or switch zooxanthellae; and an increase in the abundance of thermally tolerant zooxanthellae strains (such as those of clade D) is expected with an increasing frequency of bleaching conditions.

More heat - resistant zooxanthellae may come with ecological costs, such as reduced growth and reduced reproductive ability, and hence lower recovery following damage.

ref The selective exchange of zooxanthellae is a potential mechanism by which corals might survive climate stressors, such as increased sea temperatures.

These results demonstrate the magnitude of trade - offs likely to be experienced by this species as they acclimatize to warmer conditions by changing to more thermally tolerant clade D zooxanthellae.

Also, because any visible bleaching probably indicated a loss of most of the zooxanthellae originally present [46], it was appropriate to include any degree of bleaching, from pale and partially bleached to fully bleached colonies, as an indicator of significant stress in the corals.