Sentences with phrase «tabular corals»

Staghorn and tabular corals, which give a reef its «nooks and crannies, the 3D habitat that fish and other creatures depend on» as Hughes put it, were particularly devastated.

Staghorn and tabular corals suffered mass die - offs, robbing many individual reefs of their characteristic shapes.

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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.

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.