Researchers suggest cilia may be a better indicator of coral health than symbiotic algae
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Marine biologist Rachel Alderdice suggests cilia dysfunction could explain why some coral colonies bleach and others survive even when located adjacent to each other, pointing to the value of monitoring these microscopic structures as stress biomarkers.
“It's these finer details that could help us understand why some corals bleach and others don't, [even when] they sit right beside each other.”
Rachel AlderdiceOrr Shapiro Microbiologist and environmental engineer who led the 2014 coral cilia discoveryRachel Alderdice Marine biologist studying coral stress biomarkers at University of KonstanzMassachusetts Institute of Technology and Weizmann Institute of Science Research institutions that conducted groundbreaking 2014 coral cilia study
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Several new studies have uncovered this long overlooked aspect of coral physiology that could be the key to the animals’ fate in a changing climate.
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