News tagged with zooxanthellae

An online global map of coral and zooxanthellae data for climate change study is released

A team of researchers from the Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) have developed an interactive global map of corals and zooxanthellae as part of a hybrid web application titled GeoSymbio. This application provides global-scale biological and ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Corals 'could starve in high CO2'

(PhysOrg.com) -- As human activity pumps more and more carbon into the atmosphere, a new threat has emerged to the world's coral reefs - starvation.

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Ocean health plays vital role in coral reef recovery, study shows

The new research study led by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego suggests that by improving overall ocean health, corals are better able to recover from bleaching events, which ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Jellyfish: Far from Passive Drifters-in-the-Currents

(PhysOrg.com) -- If you were to snorkel just before dawn at the popular tropical Pacific destination Jellyfish Lake, you'd have lots of company: millions of golden jellyfish, known to scientists as Mastigias ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0