Wednesday, 31 December 2014

What are the mechanisms of zooxanthella expulsion from coral?

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What are the mechanisms of zooxanthella expulsion from coral?
Hiroshima, Japan (SPX) Dec 30, 2014 - Coral bleaching, which often results in the mass mortality of corals and in the collapse of coral reef ecosystems, has become an important issue around the world, with the number of coral reefs decreasing annually. Associate Professor Kazuhiko Koike and Ms. Lisa Fujise of the Graduate School of Biosphere Science at Hiroshima University and their collaborators have proposed mechanisms that might ... more


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