© In order to better understand how corals are interacting with microbes in surrounding reef waters, the researchers set up aquaria-based experiments using colonies of the coral P. astreoides. (c) Stacy Peltier, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences
© Sean McNally and his mentor at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, Rachel Parsons, place corals in the tanks at the beginning of the experiment.
© For the tank experiments, colonies of the coral P. astreoides were obtained from three Bermudian reefs. (c) Graphics by DigitalGlobe(2013), Data: SIO, NOAA, U.S.Navy, NGA, GEBCO