Bleaching as a result of coral optimization in a changing environment
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Corals provide important ecosystem services as protective coastal structures and as habitats for coastal biodiversity. Corals depend on their symbiotic relationship with algae, a relationship under threat from rising temperatures. To better understand the nature and resilience of this relationship, we provide a model in which two clades of algae (one efficient, the other resilient) compete over the nitrogen that the coral “chooses” to provide in a changing environment. This model is consistent with a wide range of empirical observations about observed bleaching episodes (when algal populations drop dramatically) and the observed algal composition over time, depending on environmental conditions.
### Competing Interest Statement
The authors have declared no competing interest.
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