Multiple partners not the only way for corals to stay cool
Saturday, January 21, 2012 - 00:30
in Biology & Nature
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.