Coral bleaching and the ecological degradation of coral reefs have become increasingly severe due to the global warming and human activities. As "mixotrophic" organisms, scleractinian coral can not ...

A REMARKABLE characteristic of tropical coral reefs, and indeed to some extent of shallow marine waters everywhere, is the profusion of single-cell, yellow-green algae (the so-called symbiotic ...

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Two new research studies led by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego suggests that by improving overall ocean health, corals are better able to recover from bleaching ...