Star Coral (IMAGE)

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Star Coral

Caption

Physiologically stressed reef corals lose their symbionts and appear bleached. The invasive symbiont, Symbiodinium trenchii is quick to populate these animals after cessation of thermal stress.

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Dustin Kemp, University of Georgia

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