Megan Morikawa Photographs Nursery Corals (IMAGE)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Megan Morikawa Photographs Nursery Corals

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Megan Morikawa photographs nursery corals during a study in American Samoa of coral resistance to bleaching. Colonies from 80 corals were grown in a nursery all together for 8 months, and then experienced a strong bleaching event. Colonies that were earlier shown with physiological tests to be more heat resistant survived the bleaching much better than other colonies that were more heat sensitive.

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Image courtesy of Alice Lawrence (photographer).

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