Discover how coral reef decline, driven by climate-induced bleaching, threatens marine fisheries and global livelihoods.

What gives them their brilliant colour are the billions of algae - called ‘zooxanthellae’ - that live within them, photosynthesising on the sun’s rays and in turn, giving nutrients to the polyps. This ...

Zooxanthellae are plantlike organisms ... substrate for sessile organisms to attach, including algae, sponges, and non-reef building corals (e.g., fire corals, soft corals, gorgonians).

1103 and #841 Heliophyllum: Some rugose corals grew to be very large, requiring very massive skeletons. In the modern world, all invertebrates with large skeletons of calcium carbonate have symbiotic ...

When corals are exposed to elevated ocean temperatures, they’re susceptible to coral bleaching — which means they expel the colorful zooxanthellae algae they need to survive. While some corals may ...

Rising acidity reduces the rate at which reefs develop. Crucial to coral health are colorful algae called zooxanthellae. These algae live in coral polyps, providing coral with its bright color.

When ocean temperatures exceed their normal range — increasingly due to climate change — corals experience extreme stress and ...

When corals are exposed to elevated ocean temperatures, they’re susceptible to coral bleaching — which means they expel the colorful zooxanthellae algae they need to survive. While some corals may ...

Most hard corals grow thanks to a symbiotic relationship between the coral polyp and zooxanthellae - essentially algae - that through photosynthesis produce glucose, energy, to enable the hard corals ...

He added these algae, known as zooxanthellae, were crucial for providing nutrients through photosynthesis and for giving ...