A Coral Nursery Panel after the 2015 Bleaching Event (IMAGE)

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

A Coral Nursery Panel after the 2015 Bleaching Event

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A coral nursery panel after the 2015 bleaching event. Nursery colonies from warm adapted parents are outlined in red. Colonies from heat sensitive parents are outlined in blue. After 8 months of growing alongside each other, nursery colonies grown from heat resistant parents show 2-3 times less bleaching than colonies grown from heat sensitive parents. Four species are growing here: Porites cylindrica, Pocillopora damicornis, Acropora hyacinthus and Acropora gemmifer (from upper left, clockwise).

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Image courtesy of Megan K. Morikawa.

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