Sentences with phrase «zooxanthellae in symbiotic relationships»

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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.

«Corals live in a symbiotic relationship with zooxanthellae, which are plant - like cells hosted in surface tissues that provide up to 90 % of the energy to the colony,» said Stephen Simpson, a marine biologist at the University of Exeter in the UK, commenting on the study.