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Threatened coral get fishy rescue
When toxic seaweed gets too close to this coral, gobies fight and bite back
Posted in Animals
Tagged Acropora nasuta, Adaptation, algae, algal poison, Chlorodesmis fastigiata, climate change, cooperation, coral, Danielle Dixson, ecology, getinvolved, goby, marine ecology, Mark Hay Georgia Institute of Technology, mucus, mutualism, Nancy Knowlton, predators, seaweed, Smithsonian Institution, topstories, toxin
When fungi and algae marry
Lichens live in nearly every environment on Earth, but scientists are still discovering basic information about them.
Posted in Microbes, Fungi & Algae
Tagged algae, Classification, ecology, fungus, lichen, mutualism, symbiosis
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