Sentences with phrase «symbiotic algae called»

Most reef - building corals contain a symbiotic algae called zooxanthellae, which contributes to the coral's nutritional needs.

This is because these compounds may awaken dormant viruses in symbiotic algae called zooxanthellae.

Bleaching occurs when overly warm water leads corals to expel symbiotic algae called zooxanthellae.

Not exact matches

Using a high - resolution molecular screening technique called Real Time - PCR, the researchers confirmed that the partnership between Symbiodinium D — a symbiotic algae associated with resistance to coral bleaching — and Caribbean corals is more common than had been supposed.

One such effect, called bleaching, occurs when the symbiotic algae that are essential for providing nutrients to the coral either lose their identifying photosynthetic pigmentation and their ability to perform photosynthesis or disappear entirely from the coral's tissue.

Corals and algae live together in what scientists call a symbiotic relationship.

Rising temperatures in conjunction with heightened ocean acidity (a consequence of rising C02 levels) weakens the symbiotic partners of coral - the algae that help make reefs strong and give corals their vibrant colors - in what some scientists call a doomsday «double whammy.»

When this happens, symbiotic algae, called zooxanthellae, leave the corals» bodies.