Hawaiian corals show surprising resilience to warming oceans OhioState SciReports
than they did in this study. The species relies heavily on zooplankton as a food source when under stress, and they may not have had as much available in the study conditions as they would in the ocean.
In most ways, though, this study did better than most at creating real-life conditions, the researchers said. "When you're trying to make predictions of the long-term effects of climate change, it is important to mimic the real-world conditions, and our study does that," Grottoli said.Poritesare part of a genus of coral that is common across the world and that has a key role in reef building, so their resilience in this study is a good sign, Grottoli said.
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