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Azooxanthellate? Most Hawaiian black corals contain Symbiodinium
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The ecological success of shallow-water reef-building corals (Hexacorallia: Scleractinia) is framed by their intimate endosymbiosis with ...
[PDF] Symbiophagy as a cellular mechanism for coral bleaching
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the zooxanthellae, where the vacuolar matrix formed a consider-able zone between the vacuolar membrane and the zooxanthellae’s cellular boundary (Fig ...
Depth Affects Algal Symbiont Composition in Caribbean Coral
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NCCOS-funded researchers investigating the diversity of symbiotic algae (Symbiodinium spp.) associated with the coral Agaricia lamarcki in Puerto Rico ...
Science Plan for the Southeast Deep Coral Initiative (SEDCI): 2016-2019
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As a result of lacking photosynthetic zooxanthellae, deep-sea corals are found in darker and typically deeper depths than light-dependent ...
[PDF] NPS Photos by Thomas M. Strom - National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
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zooxanthellae, live within the coral polyps making them “solar powered” and provide coral with food energy through the process of photosynthesis ...
[PDF] Effect of Louisiana sweet crude oil on a Pacific coral, Pocillopora ...
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growth from zooxanthellae (Muscatine and Porter, 1977); therefore, it is important to evaluate possible oil effects on the coral symbionts. Measuring ...
Coral Anatomy And Histopathology Terms - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Zooxanthellae – dinoflagellates (unicellular photosynthetic organisms) that live within the gastrodermal cells of some scleractinians, octocorals, sea ...
Coral Polyp Anatomy - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Coral Polyp Anatomy Corals, often mistaken for plants due to their flower-like appearance, are animals that generally exist in the form of colonies ...
Discolored Tissue And Bleaching - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Discolored Tissue And Bleaching Field Diagnosis: Bleaching Similar conditions: Bleaching can be misidentified as: Yellow band disease (YBD) lesions ...
National Inventory of Deep-sea Corals and Sponges: Development of a ...
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Deep-sea, or “cold-water” corals and sponges are a fragile, diverse collection of organisms inhabiting waters from 50 to 8,000 meters deep on ...
National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science - NCCOS
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Shallow Water Corals Coral reefs are living, three-dimensional, underwater structures that provide habitat to algae, fish, crustaceans, and other ...
Dark Spot Disease - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Dark spot disease (DSD) is a non-lethal coral disease that is characterized by lesions of purple or brown discoloration. Dark spot disease is known to ...
How do Light-dependent Mesophotic Corals Survive and Thrive under Low ...
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The ability of deep, light dependent mesophotic corals to grow in low-light conditions is a poorly understood realm of biology. Research, sponsored in ...
Coral Biology - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Coral Biology The basic living unit of the class Anthozoa (further subdivided into subclass Hexacorallia, which includes stony corals, and subclass ...
Coral Reproduction - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Coral Reproduction Corals, like many sessile organisms that are unable to search for compatible partners, have adapted unique reproductive strategies ...
Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD)
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Stony coral tissue loss disease lesions appear as distinct and rapidly expanding focal, multi-focal, or coalescing areas of denuded (bare) skeleton ...
Deep-Sea Corals - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
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Thorny tinselfish swimming above a dense aggregation of deep-sea corals 1,627 feet deep on the West Florida Slope in an area being considered for ...
Home - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Welcome to the CDHCThe Coral Health and Disease Consortium is a collective of scientists focused on preserving and protecting coral reef ...
Discolored Tissue - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Dark spots disease, DSD (J-P) Round to irregular, focal to multifocal, dark spots, purple to brown in color, 1-45 cm or more in diameter. Dark spots ...
Growth Anomalies (GA) - Coral Disease & Health Consortium
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Growth Anomalies (GA) Growth Anomalies And Overgrowth/Competition By Algae, Sponge, Tunicate, Or Cnidarians Coral skeletal anomalies resulting from ...