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Preferred term

coral bleaching

Definition

  • [Yael Ben-Haim] Coral bleaching is the disruption of symbioses between coral animals and their photosynthetic microalgal endosymbionts (zooxanthellae). 

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http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21152

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