The major Brazilian coral and hydrocoral species described in the
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Ocean warming can help zoanthids outcompete branching hydrocorals
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SciELO - Brasil - Reef fishes biodiversity and conservation at the largest Brazilian coastal Marine Protected Area (MPA Costa dos Corais) Reef fishes biodiversity and conservation at the largest Brazilian coastal Marine
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A scientist surveys the bleaching at Heron Island in the southern Great
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Linear Regression of percent sponge cover or density versus depth.
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Damages at the nanoscale on red blood cells promoted by fire corals
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Frontiers Heatwaves and a decrease in turbidity drive coral bleaching in Atlantic marginal equatorial reefs
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Hydrocoral hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy
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Zelinda LEAO, Senior Researcher, PhD Marine Geology, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Departamento de Oceanografia
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