University of Hawaii: Hawaiian Corals Select Algae Partnerships To Help Survive Climate Change
October 07, 2022
October 07, 2022
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Oct. 7 (TNSjou) -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release:
Corals live symbiotically with a variety of microscopic algae that provide most of the energy corals require, and some algae can make coral more resilient to heat stress. In assessing one of the main reef builders in Hawaii, Montipora capitata or rice coral, researchers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa found that the symbiont community in those corals varied significantly in differ . . .
Corals live symbiotically with a variety of microscopic algae that provide most of the energy corals require, and some algae can make coral more resilient to heat stress. In assessing one of the main reef builders in Hawaii, Montipora capitata or rice coral, researchers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa found that the symbiont community in those corals varied significantly in differ . . .