Coral reefs are one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. ... Anemone fish in the Indo-Pacific are another example of mutualism on coral reefs.

Pollution and heat stress can cause corals to expel their algae which turns the coral ghostly white - this is known as coral bleaching. Going too long without algae can be fatal to the coral, as it ...

Coral Reef Connections : Reef Relationships | Predators and Prey ... If both partners feel the effects of the other, their relationship is called mutualism. In this case, ...

Heat-stressed reefs may benefit from coral-dwelling crabs Date: February 24, 2025 Source: Duke University Summary: Crab behavior suggestive of wound-tending may improve coral tolerance to heat waves.

Coral Reefs (2004). [4] Lack of strategic service provisioning by Pederson’s cleaner shrimp highlights independent evolution of cleaning behaviours between ocean basins . Scientific Reports (2019).

Coffroth: “Reef corals and octocorals form a symbiosis with single-celled algae that live in the coral tissue. These algal symbionts, in the family Symbiodiniaceae, use energy from the sun to produce ...

Mutualism is a form of symbiosis, ... off the mouth and gills of larger fish—which stop by to visit their “cleaning stations”—on Indo-Pacific coral reefs.

Understanding how far Great Barrier Reef corals are from their parents could be key to identifying and protecting at-risk ...

A jewel damselfish (Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus) among the coral reef of a rat-free island. Image by Rachel Gunn. ... Domestication via the commensal pathway in a fish-invertebrate mutualism.

Climate Diaries: Mini-satellites help map the Great Barrier Reef 05:31. Global warming has caused such extensive damage to the Great Barrier Reef that scientists say its coral may never recover ...

The NOAA coral reef authority declared the global bleaching event in April 2024, making it the fourth of its kind since 1998. The previous record from the 2014 to 2017 mass bleaching affected just ...