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Coral Bleaching
Coral Bleaching
Outline
• Definition
• Factors of Coral
Bleaching
• Coral Bleaching
Areas
• Corals Protection
from Bleaching
• Coral’s loss algae zooxanthellae
• Zooxanthellae loss converts coral’s
What is color white (Bleach).
• Corals give protection to
Coral zooxanthellae.
Bleaching? • Zooxanthellae during
photosynthesis release oxygen and
nutrients.
• Corals receive 90% of energy
through algae.
• Great Barrier Reef is severely
bleached about 25%.
• Hermodice
carunculata (fire
worms) release
Vibrio Shiloi
(Bacteria)
• Vibrio Shiloi act as
bleaching agent at
high temperature of
seawater.