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Resistance to thermal stress in corals without changes in symbiont composition.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 Mar 2012
Bellantuono Anthony J, Hoegh-Guldberg Ove, Rodriguez-Lanetty Mauricio
Abstract excerpt
Discovering how corals can adjust their thermal sensitivity in the context of global climate change is important in understanding the long-term persistence of coral reefs. In this study, we showed that short-term preconditioning to higher temperatures, 3°C below the experimentally determined bleaching threshold, for a period of 10 days provides thermal tolerance for the symbiosis stability between the...
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