Sentences with phrase «tabular colonies»

ref Hurricanes can also reduce the abundance of coral colonies more susceptible to thermal stress, e.g., branching and tabular colonies which can dominate reefs that rarely experience storms, thus reducing the potential for future storms to cause further damage.

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At the coral colony level, fast - growing species that are characterized by fine - structured, branching or tabular growth forms tend to be more susceptible to bleaching.