Sentences with phrase «zooxanthellae algae»

When corals are exposed to elevated ocean temperatures they are susceptible to bleaching — which means that they expel the colorful zooxanthellae algae they need to survive — and while some corals may survive a bleaching event, many will die.

The nutrients are believed to disrupt the symbiotic relationship that normally exists between the coral and zooxanthellae algae.

This isn't the helpful zooxanthellae algae that sustains the coral, but a different species that actually contests with the corals for real estate on the reefs.

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Under normal conditions, corals have a symbiotic relationship with algae known as zooxanthellae.

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

These heat waves can cause coral bleaching (SN: 02/03/18, p. 16)-- corals eject the symbiotic algae known as zooxanthellae that provide corals with both nutrients and color.

Bleaching is a stress response that occurs when the coral - zooxanthellae relationship breaks down and the zooxanthellae are expelled from the coral host or when pigments within the algae are degraded.

Coral and algae, known as zooxanthellae, work in symbiosis by sharing nutrients.

Coral and algae called zooxanthellae live in a mutual help relationship.

Zooxanthellae are tiny, colourful marine algae, which live inside corals, providing them with much of their colour and, most importantly, their primary supply of energy.

They found that many corals died immediately from the heat stress, but others died more slowly following the depletion of their zooxanthellae — the yellowish brown symbiotic algae that live within most reef - building corals.

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

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

the algae (zooxanthellae) remove the excess carbon dioxide and water within the coral polyp 6.

Corals live in partnership with blue - green algae called zooxanthellae, that aid in skeletal formation and give the coral their colours.

(The algae that causes the severe «red tides - fish kills» are also dinoflagellates and related to zooxanthellae.)

In an article on Yale 360 Environment, Veron writes that the major issues include mass bleachings caused by warmer water, which kills off zooxanthellae, the algae with which coral have a symbiotic relationship, and ocean acidification.

«However, we demonstrated that there is specialisation of the coral host to particular reef environments, with each strain of coral host associating only with particular types of symbiotic algae (zooxanthellae),» he said.

Known as zooxanthellae, these algae live within the coral's exposed polyp tissues and are a crucially important photosynthetic source of carbon for the host.

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

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