Science news articles about 'coral health'

A new indicator of coral health has been discovered in a community of microscopic single-celled algae called dinoflagellates. The study, released in the July 8th edition of the journal Proceedings of ...

... the different defensive tactics of the seaweeds." By knowing which fish are most critical to maintaining coral health, resource managers could focus on protecting and enhancing the highest-impact ...

... YBD: a group of four new Vibrio species, which combine with existing Vibrio on the coral to attack the zooxanthellae. This is the first demonstration that the same bacterial culprits are to blame for ...

... major bleaching event Mountainous star coral (Montastraea faveolata) on various reefs in Honduras ... goes a long way in recovering coral health." Corals are widely considered to be barometers for global ...