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Researchers describe a survival strategy in living corals which was only seen in fossil records

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EurekAlert

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2019-10-15

Some corals can recover after massive mortality episodes caused by the water temperature rise. This survival mechanism in the marine environment -known as rejuvenation- had only been described in some fossil corals so far. A new study published in the journal Science Advances reveals the first scientific evidence of the rejuvenation phenomenon in vivo in Cladocora caespitosa coral colonies, in the marine reserve in Columbrets, in the coast of Castellón (Spain).

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https://eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-10/uob-rda101419.php