Coral (IMAGE)

Penn State

Coral

Caption

Corals, like the branching Acropora featured here, are animals that construct massive reef frameworks and are the basis of coral reef ecosystems. These corals ultimately depend on micro-algal symbionts that capture light from the sun and covert it to nutrients for the host coral's growth and survival.

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Tobin T. Smith

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