<i>Acropora</i> Coral Larvae (IMAGE)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

<i>Acropora</i> Coral Larvae

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The larval stage in coral is the only time it does not have a symbiont to survive, which allows researchers to experiment with the interaction between coral and its symbiont: algae.

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OIST

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