Sentences with phrase «coral nubbins»

One study found that coral nubbins collected from the same colonies on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) and pre-exposed to slightly elevated temperatures subsequently experienced less zooxanthellae loss than controls when experimentally bleached [33].

Not exact matches

The branching coral colonies were fragmented to 5 — 10 cm long nubbins and transferred to an outdoor shaded running seawater table at the IUI for a month acclimation and recovery before the experiment started.

To determine their effect on individual corals, the scientists exposed small branch clippings, otherwise known as «nubbins,» of two species — Stylophora pistillata and Pocillopora damicornis, both found in the Red Sea — to solutions of 6 different dispersants for a period of 24 hours and monitored their health for the ensuing week.