coral bleaching

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Definition of coral bleaching in English English dictionary

The loss of colour in a coral reef due to the loss of symbiotic algae as a result of stress

n: The loss of color from a coral as it expels its zooxanthellae-usually a stress response

the process in which a coral polyp, under environmental stress, expels its symbiotic zooxanthellae from its body The affected coral colony appears whitened

A whitening of corals indicative of colony stress, where symbiotic algal cells, or zooxanthellae, either leave or are ejected from the colonies

Hyphenation

cor·al bleaching

Turkish pronunciation

kôrıl bliçîng

Pronunciation

/ˈkôrəl ˈblēʧəɴɢ/ /ˈkɔːrəl ˈbliːʧɪŋ/