Coral reef ecosystem

Layer 3 — Biologyin the marine-biology subtree

Scleractinian-coral–Symbiodiniaceae mutualism builds CaCO₃ framework hosting ~25% of marine species on <1% of ocean area. Thermally sensitive: bleaching above +1°C summer anomaly; mass-bleaching 1998, 2010, 2016, 2023.

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