When Caribbean coral reefs are in hot water, one alga takes advantage of the situation — and possibly comes to the rescue.
SOME LIKE IT HOT The heat-tolerant alga Symbiodinium trenchi, a rare species in coral reefs in the Caribbean Sea, had a population boom when the water temperature rose in 2005.
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