Sentences with phrase «white coral skeletons»

The heat causes them to die off or be expelled, leaving behind ghostly white coral skeletons.

Without zooxanthellae coral tissue becomes transparent, revealing the white coral skeleton beneath it.

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Coral's white calcium carbonate skeleton also gets in on the action.

In 1996, researchers discovered irregularly shaped white lesions on elkhorn corals off Key West, Florida, that were killing the thin layer of living tissue that sheaths the limestone skeleton of coral colonies.

Charlie had seen his first patch of coral bleaching off the Great Barrier Reef's Palm Island in the early 1980s, a tiny clump of white skeleton that he photographed as a curio.

The starfish leave a «brilliant white» trail of bare coral skeletons that «skuzzy green» algae then grow on within a matter of days.

Bleaching happens when stressed corals expel their life - providing algae, turning reefs stark white as their skeletons show through.

The loss of zooxanthellae makes the white calcium carbonate coral skeleton visible through the transparent tissue, making the coral appear bright white or «bleached».

Coral reefs are threatened by rising water temperatures, ocean acidification, and sea - level rise.3, 5 Coral reefs typically live within a specific range of temperature, light, and concentration of carbonate in seawater.6 When increases in ocean temperature or ultraviolet light stress the corals, they lose their colorful algae, leaving only transparent coral tissue covering their white calcium - carbonate skeletons.6 This phenomenon is called coral bleacCoral reefs are threatened by rising water temperatures, ocean acidification, and sea - level rise.3, 5 Coral reefs typically live within a specific range of temperature, light, and concentration of carbonate in seawater.6 When increases in ocean temperature or ultraviolet light stress the corals, they lose their colorful algae, leaving only transparent coral tissue covering their white calcium - carbonate skeletons.6 This phenomenon is called coral bleacCoral reefs typically live within a specific range of temperature, light, and concentration of carbonate in seawater.6 When increases in ocean temperature or ultraviolet light stress the corals, they lose their colorful algae, leaving only transparent coral tissue covering their white calcium - carbonate skeletons.6 This phenomenon is called coral bleaccoral tissue covering their white calcium - carbonate skeletons.6 This phenomenon is called coral bleaccoral bleaching.

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