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Coral Bleaching and Temperature Effects by john lin is a document available to read on EtoBox.
Carly Kenkel observed that some corals bleached while others did not when the water warmed, so she hypothesized that corals from warmer inshore reefs have adapted to higher temperatures. She conducted an experiment where corals from inshore and offshore reefs were placed in normal and heated water tanks. The results showed more offshore corals bleached in the heated tanks compared to inshore corals, supporting the hypothesis that inshore corals have adapted to tolerate warmer water better by maintaining the
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- john lin
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