The seas around Bermuda are full of colourful corals and fantastic fish.
百慕大周围的海域中到处都是五彩的珊瑚虫和奇异的鱼类。
Acanthasters show a preference for branching corals.
刺冠海星更偏好分枝的珊瑚。
The question now is whether reef-building corals have the capacity to adapt to those changes.
现在的问题是造礁珊瑚是否有能力适应这些变化。
We think that when reefs are damaged, after a few years, the fastest-growing corals repopulate the areas.
我们认为，如果珊瑚礁遭到破坏，几年之后，生长最快的珊瑚就会重新在该地区繁衍生息。
One consequence for coral reefs is that the symbiosis between the corals and algae that constitute a living reef is breaking down.
珊瑚礁面临的一个后果是，构成活珊瑚礁的珊瑚和藻类之间的共生关系正在瓦解。
Perhaps some more constructive use of our time could be spent at researching corals that do survive, like in areas known as refugia.
也许我们可以更加建设性地利用时间来研究那些的确幸存下来的珊瑚，比如那些在被称为“残遗种保护区”的地方。
After an outbreak in a particular area, it is common to find that Acroporids have been selectively removed, leaving a mosaic of living and dead corals.
在某一特定地区爆发后，通常情况下鹿角珊瑚被选择性地移除，留下活珊瑚和死珊瑚的组合体。
He points out that climate data obtained from slow-growing corals around the Pacific indicate a series of unusually frequent El Ninos around the time of the Lapita expansion.
他指出，从环太平洋缓慢生长的珊瑚中获得的气候数据表明，在拉皮塔扩张时期，厄尔尼诺现象曾频繁爆发，这很不寻常。
Areas of dead coral are usually colonized rapidly by algae and often are later colonized by sponges and soft corals.
一片区域的珊瑚死去后，那里通常很快就会被海藻占领，之后又会被海绵和软珊瑚占领。
He cites corals as an example.
他举了珊瑚的例子。
Seaweeds and corals, which need light to grow, colonise them.
依靠阳光生长的海藻和珊瑚聚集在沉船上。
And as the sponge population grows, he said corals are declining.
海绵在剧增，珊瑚仍在递减。
We'd heard that the hot spot had severely bleached the region's corals.
我们听说水温过热致使这一地区的珊瑚出现严重的白化迹象。
As the ocean becomes more acidic, it will be harder for corals to grow.
海水酸化将导致珊瑚更难生存。
A whole different set of corals live down here-and with them come a specialised fauna.
各式各样的珊瑚生活在这里，活动在其间的不乏特有的动物种群。
The function of such fluorescent proteins in corals and other invertebrates is unknown
目前尚未了解这种在珊瑚和其他无脊椎动物身上发现的荧光蛋白质的功能。
Lucky combination of circumstances means corals have unexpectedly grown back within a year.
环境要素组成的巧合令到珊瑚在1年时间里出人意料地长回来了。
The corals familiar to most of us are colonies of small polyps that build calcium carbonate branches.
我们所熟知的珊瑚都是由群集的微小水螅分泌的分枝状碳酸钙外骨骼。
Jellyfish are part of the Cnidaria group, along with anemones and corals - about 5 per cent of the total.
水母以及海葵和珊瑚是刺胞动物的组成部分——约占总数的5%。
So far, the rising sea levels, dying corals and spreading algal blooms are only minor distractions for most people.
迄今为止，对大多数人而言，海平面升高、奄奄一息的珊瑚虫、蔓延的藻花水华只不过是次要的烦恼。
It is best-known for its picturesque scenery: White beach, swaying palm trees, colorful corals and abundant sunshine.
它以风光如画著称：白沙滩，摇摆的棕榈树，多彩的珊瑚，充足的阳光。
The sandy shores have a unique rose tinge to them as they are partly made up of pulverised corals and mollusc shells.
因为沙滩部分由珊瑚碎屑以及软体动物贝壳组成，所以百慕大的沙滩拥有着独一无二的玫瑰色。
Although the atoll lost many corals, it kept an abundance of grazing fish that help reefs recover by keeping them clean.
尽管这里的环礁损失了很多珊瑚，但依然有大量的草食鱼类通过清理珊瑚礁来帮助它们复苏。
Some scientific studies report a lot of oil still in the deep sea, possibly poisoning deepwater corals and other creatures.
部分科学研究报道称，在海洋底部仍然有大量泄漏的原油存在。这些原油将会毒害深海里的珊瑚和其他物种。
The variations in isotopic ratios take place on the right time scale, and they mirror those seen in modern corals, he notes.
他说，同位素比例变化所发生的时间范围恰到好处，这与在现代珊瑚中的发现保持了一致。
Those ratios provide clues about the temperature and salinity of the water in which the corals were immersed, Watanabe says.
渡边刚表示，这些同位素比例为珊瑚生长环境的海水温度及盐度情况提供了线索。
Experiments in Bermuda also suggest rising temperatures won't be the only climate change corals will face in coming decades.
在百慕大进行的实验同样显示，逐渐升高的温度不是珊瑚在未来几十年里面临的唯一气候变化。
So will corals, especially those whose skeletons are composed of aragonite, a particularly unstable form of calcium carbonate.
珊瑚虫也将如此，特别是那些骨架由霰石(一种极不稳定的碳酸钙形式)组成的种类。
So will corals, especially those whose skeletons are composed of aragonite, a particularly unstable form of calcium carbonate.
珊瑚虫也将如此，特别是那些骨架由霰石(一种极不稳定的碳酸钙形式)组成的种类。
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