Multiple partners not the only way for corals to stay cool
Posted by ScienceDaily: Oceanography News on 20 January, 2012
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For the first time scientists have shown that corals hosting a single type of zooxanthellae can have different levels of thermal tolerance -– a feature that was only known previously for corals with a mix of zooxanthellae. This finding is important because many species of coral are dominated by a single type of zooxanthellae....