620 pictures found
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Great Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) in water Camargue, France
© Marc Homs & Pepi Compte / Biosphoto
© Marc Homs & Pepi Compte / Biosphoto
Great Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) in water Camargue, France
© Christopher Swann / Biosphoto
Pacific reef manta ray (Manta Alfredi) French Polynesia.
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Mouth of Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus), West Australia, Ningaloo Reef - Indian Ocean.
© Jeffrey Rotman / Biosphoto
© Jeffrey Rotman / Biosphoto
Mouth of Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus), West Australia, Ningaloo Reef - Indian Ocean.
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Mouth of a Whale Shark sifting plankton - Gulf of California
© Christopher Swann / Biosphoto
© Christopher Swann / Biosphoto
Mouth of a Whale Shark sifting plankton - Gulf of California
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Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) group foraging, Cyprus
© Wahrmut Sobainsky / BIA / Biosphoto
© Wahrmut Sobainsky / BIA / Biosphoto
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) group foraging, Cyprus
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Foam containing impurities is removed from the top of the water during cooking, Making maple syrup in a sugar shack at sugar time, Saint-Barthélemy,
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Foam containing impurities is removed from the top of the water during cooking, Making maple syrup in a sugar shack at sugar time, Saint-Barthélemy, Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada
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Canning maple syrup and closing the cans in a sugar shack at sugar time, Saint-Barthélemy, Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Canning maple syrup and closing the cans in a sugar shack at sugar time, Saint-Barthélemy, Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada
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Canning maple syrup and closing the cans in a sugar shack at sugar time, Saint-Barthélemy, Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Canning maple syrup and closing the cans in a sugar shack at sugar time, Saint-Barthélemy, Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada
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Making maple syrup, 2nd filtration, in a sugar shack in a maple grove at sugar time, Saint-Barthélemy, Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Making maple syrup, 2nd filtration, in a sugar shack in a maple grove at sugar time, Saint-Barthélemy, Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada
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Making maple syrup, 2nd filtration, in a sugar shack in a maple grove at sugar time, Saint-Barthélemy, Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Making maple syrup, 2nd filtration, in a sugar shack in a maple grove at sugar time, Saint-Barthélemy, Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada
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Making maple syrup, 2nd filtration, in a sugar shack in a maple grove at sugar time, Saint-Barthélemy, Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Making maple syrup, 2nd filtration, in a sugar shack in a maple grove at sugar time, Saint-Barthélemy, Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada
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Making maple syrup, 2nd filtration, in a sugar shack in a maple grove at sugar time, Saint-Barthélemy, Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
© Fabrice Simon / Biosphoto
Making maple syrup, 2nd filtration, in a sugar shack in a maple grove at sugar time, Saint-Barthélemy, Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada
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Anemone (Urticinopsis antarctica). It is a filter feeder and opportunistic predator. Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Anemone (Urticinopsis antarctica). It is a filter feeder and opportunistic predator. Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
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Natural swimming pool, regeneration area with water plants, France
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
Natural swimming pool, regeneration area with water plants, France
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Natural swimming pool, regeneration area with water plants, France
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
© Marie Aymerez / Biosphoto
Natural swimming pool, regeneration area with water plants, France
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Feathery Duster Worms (Sabellastarte sp), Kuangi dive site, Tulamben, Karangasem Regency, Bali, Indonesia, Indian Ocean
© Colin Marshall / Biosphoto
© Colin Marshall / Biosphoto
Feathery Duster Worms (Sabellastarte sp), Kuangi dive site, Tulamben, Karangasem Regency, Bali, Indonesia, Indian Ocean
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Feathery Duster Worms (Sabellastarte sp), Ghost Bay dive site, Amed, Karangasem Regency, Bali, Indonesia, Indian Ocean
© Colin Marshall / Biosphoto
© Colin Marshall / Biosphoto
Feathery Duster Worms (Sabellastarte sp), Ghost Bay dive site, Amed, Karangasem Regency, Bali, Indonesia, Indian Ocean
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Chinese pond mussel (Sinanodonta woodiana) in the river Hérault, Occitanie, France
© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto
© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto
Chinese pond mussel (Sinanodonta woodiana) in the river Hérault, Occitanie, France
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Sea squirt (Halocynthia papillosa). Hard and rough cartilaginous tunic about 6 cm in length. It is fed by filtration of the organic matter in
© Sergio Hanquet / Biosphoto
© Sergio Hanquet / Biosphoto
Sea squirt (Halocynthia papillosa). Hard and rough cartilaginous tunic about 6 cm in length. It is fed by filtration of the organic matter in suspension. Marine invertebrates of the Canary Islands, Tenerife.
© Andy Murch / Biosphoto
Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) filter feeding on plankton near the Lizard Peninsula,
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Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) filter feeding on plankton near the Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, England, North Atlantic.
© Andy Murch / Biosphoto
© Andy Murch / Biosphoto
Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) filter feeding on plankton near the Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, England, North Atlantic.
© Andy Murch / Biosphoto
Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) filter feeding on plankton near the Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall.
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Oscilum and aquifer system of a sponge, Queen's Gardens National Park, Cuba
© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto
© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto
Oscilum and aquifer system of a sponge, Queen's Gardens National Park, Cuba
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Preparation of a tansy extract (filtration). The purse of tansy,
© Jean-Michel Groult / Biosphoto
© Jean-Michel Groult / Biosphoto
Preparation of a tansy extract (filtration). The purse of tansy, obtained by letting tansy leaves macerate in water for a few days, repels insect pests. It is an insect repellent product, which inhibits the development of caterpillars and other unwelcome crops.
© Aqua Press / Biosphoto
Freshwater aquarium with internal filter
© Aqua Press / Biosphoto
Mousses synthétiques pour filtre de bassin
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Tara Oceans Expeditions - May 2011. Silvia Gonzalez-Acinas, ICM-CSIC, ES; freshly filtered plancton is wrapped o/b Tara to be stored and cooled in
© Christoph Gerigk / Biosphoto
© Christoph Gerigk / Biosphoto
Tara Oceans Expeditions - May 2011. Silvia Gonzalez-Acinas, ICM-CSIC, ES; freshly filtered plancton is wrapped o/b Tara to be stored and cooled in liquid nitrogen for later analysis, Galapagos
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Tara Oceans Expeditions - May 2011. Silvia Gonzalez-Acinas, ICM-CSIC, ES; freshly filtered plancton is wrapped o/b Tara to be stored and cooled in
© Christoph Gerigk / Biosphoto
© Christoph Gerigk / Biosphoto
Tara Oceans Expeditions - May 2011. Silvia Gonzalez-Acinas, ICM-CSIC, ES; freshly filtered plancton is wrapped o/b Tara to be stored and cooled in liquid nitrogen for later analysis, Galapagos
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Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 North Ema Reef, Kimbe Bay papua New Guinea, Giant Sea Fan, Gorgonian Fan Coral (Annella mollis, Syn
© Christoph Gerigk / Biosphoto
© Christoph Gerigk / Biosphoto
Tara Pacific expedition - november 2017 North Ema Reef, Kimbe Bay papua New Guinea, Giant Sea Fan, Gorgonian Fan Coral (Annella mollis, Syn Subergorgia mollis), Feather Stars, invertebrate filter feeders who need strong water flow, settle on the vanishing Gorgonian fan. D: 10 m
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Fluorescent coral. Acan Brain Coral, Acanthastrea sp.. Above photographed
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
Fluorescent coral. Acan Brain Coral, Acanthastrea sp.. Above photographed with daylight and bellow showing fluorescent colours photographed under special blue or ultraviolet light and filter. Many corals are intensely fluorescent under certain light wavelengths. Shallow water reef-building fluorescent corals seem to be more resistant to coral bleaching than other corals, and the higher the density of fluorescent pigments, the more likely to resist. This enables them to better protect the zooxanthellae that help sustain them. The pigments that fluoresce are photoproteins, and a current theory is that this acts as a type of sunscreen that prevents too much UV light damaging the zooxanthallae. These corals have the photoproteins above the zooxanthallae to protect them. Corals that grow in deeper water, where light is scarce, are using fluorescence to absorb UV light and reflect it back to the zooxanthallae to give them more light to turn into nutrients. These corals have the photoproteins below the zooxanthallae to reflect it back. Photographed in aquarium. Portugal
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Southern giant clam, Tridacna derasa. Above photographed with daylight
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
Southern giant clam, Tridacna derasa. Above photographed with daylight and bellow showing fluorescent colours photographed under special blue or ultraviolet light and filter. Many animals are intensely fluorescent under certain light wavelengths. Shallow water reef-building fluorescent corals seem to be more resistant to coral bleaching than other corals, and the higher the density of fluorescent pigments, the more likely to resist. This enables them to better protect the zooxanthellae that help sustain them. The pigments that fluoresce are photoproteins, and a current theory is that this acts as a type of sunscreen that prevents too much UV light damaging the zooxanthallae. These corals have the photoproteins above the zooxanthallae to protect them. Corals that grow in deeper water, where light is scarce, are using fluorescence to absorb UV light and reflect it back to the zooxanthallae to give them more light to turn into nutrients. These corals have the photoproteins below the zooxanthallae to reflect it back. Photographed in aquarium. Portugal
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Fluorescent coral. Mushroom coral, Rhodactis sp.. Above photographed with
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
Fluorescent coral. Mushroom coral, Rhodactis sp.. Above photographed with daylight and bellow showing fluorescent colours photographed under special blue or ultraviolet light and filter. Many anemones and corals are intensely fluorescent under certain light wavelengths. Shallow water reef-building fluorescent corals seem to be more resistant to coral bleaching than other corals, and the higher the density of fluorescent pigments, the more likely to resist. This enables them to better protect the zooxanthellae that help sustain them. The pigments that fluoresce are photoproteins, and a current theory is that this acts as a type of sunscreen that prevents too much UV light damaging the zooxanthallae. These corals have the photoproteins above the zooxanthallae to protect them. Corals that grow in deeper water, where light is scarce, are using fluorescence to absorb UV light and reflect it back to the zooxanthallae to give them more light to turn into nutrients. These corals have the photoproteins below the zooxanthallae to reflect it back. Photographed in aquarium. Portugal
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Fluorescent coral. Candy Cane Coral, Caulastrea furcata. Above
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
Fluorescent coral. Candy Cane Coral, Caulastrea furcata. Above photographed with daylight and bellow showing fluorescent colours photographed under special blue or ultraviolet light and filter. Many corals are intensely fluorescent under certain light wavelengths. Shallow water reef-building fluorescent corals seem to be more resistant to coral bleaching than other corals, and the higher the density of fluorescent pigments, the more likely to resist. This enables them to better protect the zooxanthellae that help sustain them. The pigments that fluoresce are photoproteins, and a current theory is that this acts as a type of sunscreen that prevents too much UV light damaging the zooxanthallae. These corals have the photoproteins above the zooxanthallae to protect them. Corals that grow in deeper water, where light is scarce, are using fluorescence to absorb UV light and reflect it back to the zooxanthallae to give them more light to turn into nutrients. These corals have the photoproteins below the zooxanthallae to reflect it back. Photographed in aquarium. Portugal
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Fluorescent Zoanthus sp.. Left photographed with daylight and right showing fluorescent colours photographed under special blue or
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
Fluorescent Zoanthus sp.. Left photographed with daylight and right showing fluorescent colours photographed under special blue or ultraviolet light and filter. Many corals and anemones are intensely fluorescent under certain light wavelengths. Shallow water reef-building fluorescent corals seem to be more resistant to coral bleaching than other corals, and the higher the density of fluorescent pigments, the more likely to resist. This enables them to better protect the zooxanthellae that help sustain them. The pigments that fluoresce are photoproteins, and a current theory is that this acts as a type of sunscreen that prevents too much UV light damaging the zooxanthallae. These corals have the photoproteins above the zooxanthallae to protect them. Corals that grow in deeper water, where light is scarce, are using fluorescence to absorb UV light and reflect it back to the zooxanthallae to give them more light to turn into nutrients. These corals have the photoproteins below the zooxanthallae to reflect it back. Photographed in aquarium. Portugal
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Fluorescent soft coral. Button Polyp, Protopalythoa sp.. Above
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
Fluorescent soft coral. Button Polyp, Protopalythoa sp.. Above photographed with daylight and bellow showing fluorescent colours photographed under special blue or ultraviolet light and filter. Many anemones and corals are intensely fluorescent under certain light wavelengths. Shallow water reef-building fluorescent corals seem to be more resistant to coral bleaching than other corals, and the higher the density of fluorescent pigments, the more likely to resist. This enables them to better protect the zooxanthellae that help sustain them. The pigments that fluoresce are photoproteins, and a current theory is that this acts as a type of sunscreen that prevents too much UV light damaging the zooxanthallae. These corals have the photoproteins above the zooxanthallae to protect them. Corals that grow in deeper water, where light is scarce, are using fluorescence to absorb UV light and reflect it back to the zooxanthallae to give them more light to turn into nutrients. These corals have the photoproteins below the zooxanthallae to reflect it back. Photographed in aquarium. Portugal
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Fluorescent coral. Brain coral, Trachyphyllia sp.. Above photographed
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
Fluorescent coral. Brain coral, Trachyphyllia sp.. Above photographed with daylight and bellow showing fluorescent colours photographed under special blue or ultraviolet light and filter. Many corals are intensely fluorescent under certain light wavelengths. Shallow water reef-building fluorescent corals seem to be more resistant to coral bleaching than other corals, and the higher the density of fluorescent pigments, the more likely to resist. This enables them to better protect the zooxanthellae that help sustain them. The pigments that fluoresce are photoproteins, and a current theory is that this acts as a type of sunscreen that prevents too much UV light damaging the zooxanthallae. These corals have the photoproteins above the zooxanthallae to protect them. Corals that grow in deeper water, where light is scarce, are using fluorescence to absorb UV light and reflect it back to the zooxanthallae to give them more light to turn into nutrients. These corals have the photoproteins below the zooxanthallae to reflect it back. Photographed in aquarium. Portugal
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Fluorescent coral. Pulse coral, Xenia sp.. Above photographed with
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
Fluorescent coral. Pulse coral, Xenia sp.. Above photographed with daylight and bellow showing fluorescent colours photographed under special blue or ultraviolet light and filter. Many corals are intensely fluorescent under certain light wavelengths. Shallow water reef-building fluorescent corals seem to be more resistant to coral bleaching than other corals, and the higher the density of fluorescent pigments, the more likely to resist. This enables them to better protect the zooxanthellae that help sustain them. The pigments that fluoresce are photoproteins, and a current theory is that this acts as a type of sunscreen that prevents too much UV light damaging the zooxanthallae. These corals have the photoproteins above the zooxanthallae to protect them. Corals that grow in deeper water, where light is scarce, are using fluorescence to absorb UV light and reflect it back to the zooxanthallae to give them more light to turn into nutrients. These corals have the photoproteins below the zooxanthallae to reflect it back. Photographed in aquarium. Portugal
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Fluorescent anemone. Mushroom Anemone, Actinodiscus sp.. Above
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
Fluorescent anemone. Mushroom Anemone, Actinodiscus sp.. Above photographed with daylight and bellow showing fluorescent colours photographed under special blue or ultraviolet light and filter. Many anemones and corals are intensely fluorescent under certain light wavelengths. Shallow water reef-building fluorescent corals seem to be more resistant to coral bleaching than other corals, and the higher the density of fluorescent pigments, the more likely to resist. This enables them to better protect the zooxanthellae that help sustain them. The pigments that fluoresce are photoproteins, and a current theory is that this acts as a type of sunscreen that prevents too much UV light damaging the zooxanthallae. These corals have the photoproteins above the zooxanthallae to protect them. Corals that grow in deeper water, where light is scarce, are using fluorescence to absorb UV light and reflect it back to the zooxanthallae to give them more light to turn into nutrients. These corals have the photoproteins below the zooxanthallae to reflect it back. Photographed in aquarium. Portugal
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Fluorescent coral. Large-polyped Stony coral, Euphyllia paraglabrescens.
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
Fluorescent coral. Large-polyped Stony coral, Euphyllia paraglabrescens. Above photographed with daylight and bellow showing fluorescent colours photographed under special blue or ultraviolet light and filter. Many corals are intensely fluorescent under certain light wavelengths. Shallow water reef-building fluorescent corals seem to be more resistant to coral bleaching than other corals, and the higher the density of fluorescent pigments, the more likely to resist. This enables them to better protect the zooxanthellae that help sustain them. The pigments that fluoresce are photoproteins, and a current theory is that this acts as a type of sunscreen that prevents too much UV light damaging the zooxanthallae. These corals have the photoproteins above the zooxanthallae to protect them. Corals that grow in deeper water, where light is scarce, are using fluorescence to absorb UV light and reflect it back to the zooxanthallae to give them more light to turn into nutrients. These corals have the photoproteins below the zooxanthallae to reflect it back. Photographed in aquarium. Portugal
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Fluorescent coral. Bubble coral, Plerogyra sinuosa. Above photographed
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
Fluorescent coral. Bubble coral, Plerogyra sinuosa. Above photographed with daylight and bellow showing fluorescent colours photographed under special blue or ultraviolet light and filter. Many corals are intensely fluorescent under certain light wavelengths. Shallow water reef-building fluorescent corals seem to be more resistant to coral bleaching than other corals, and the higher the density of fluorescent pigments, the more likely to resist. This enables them to better protect the zooxanthellae that help sustain them. The pigments that fluoresce are photoproteins, and a current theory is that this acts as a type of sunscreen that prevents too much UV light damaging the zooxanthallae. These corals have the photoproteins above the zooxanthallae to protect them. Corals that grow in deeper water, where light is scarce, are using fluorescence to absorb UV light and reflect it back to the zooxanthallae to give them more light to turn into nutrients. These corals have the photoproteins below the zooxanthallae to reflect it back. Photographed in aquarium. Portugal
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Fluorescent coral. Brain coral, Trachyphyllia sp.. Above photographed
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
Fluorescent coral. Brain coral, Trachyphyllia sp.. Above photographed with daylight and bellow showing fluorescent colours photographed under special blue or ultraviolet light and filter. Many corals are intensely fluorescent under certain light wavelengths. Shallow water reef-building fluorescent corals seem to be more resistant to coral bleaching than other corals, and the higher the density of fluorescent pigments, the more likely to resist. This enables them to better protect the zooxanthellae that help sustain them. The pigments that fluoresce are photoproteins, and a current theory is that this acts as a type of sunscreen that prevents too much UV light damaging the zooxanthallae. These corals have the photoproteins above the zooxanthallae to protect them. Corals that grow in deeper water, where light is scarce, are using fluorescence to absorb UV light and reflect it back to the zooxanthallae to give them more light to turn into nutrients. These corals have the photoproteins below the zooxanthallae to reflect it back. Photographed in aquarium. Portugal
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Fluorescent coral. Candy Cane Coral, Caulastrea furcata. Above
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
Fluorescent coral. Candy Cane Coral, Caulastrea furcata. Above photographed with daylight and bellow showing fluorescent colours photographed under special blue or ultraviolet light and filter. Many corals are intensely fluorescent under certain light wavelengths. Shallow water reef-building fluorescent corals seem to be more resistant to coral bleaching than other corals, and the higher the density of fluorescent pigments, the more likely to resist. This enables them to better protect the zooxanthellae that help sustain them. The pigments that fluoresce are photoproteins, and a current theory is that this acts as a type of sunscreen that prevents too much UV light damaging the zooxanthallae. These corals have the photoproteins above the zooxanthallae to protect them. Corals that grow in deeper water, where light is scarce, are using fluorescence to absorb UV light and reflect it back to the zooxanthallae to give them more light to turn into nutrients. These corals have the photoproteins below the zooxanthallae to reflect it back. Photographed in aquarium. Portugal
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Southern giant clam, Tridacna derasa. Left photographed with daylight and right showing fluorescent colours photographed under
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
Southern giant clam, Tridacna derasa. Left photographed with daylight and right showing fluorescent colours photographed under special blue or ultraviolet light and filter. Many animals are intensely fluorescent under certain light wavelengths. Shallow water reef-building fluorescent corals seem to be more resistant to coral bleaching than other corals, and the higher the density of fluorescent pigments, the more likely to resist. This enables them to better protect the zooxanthellae that help sustain them. The pigments that fluoresce are photoproteins, and a current theory is that this acts as a type of sunscreen that prevents too much UV light damaging the zooxanthallae. These corals have the photoproteins above the zooxanthallae to protect them. Corals that grow in deeper water, where light is scarce, are using fluorescence to absorb UV light and reflect it back to the zooxanthallae to give them more light to turn into nutrients. These corals have the photoproteins below the zooxanthallae to reflect it back. Photographed in aquarium. Portugal
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Fluorescent coral. Stony Coral, Euphyllia paradivisa. Above photographed
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
© Paulo de Oliveira / Biosphoto
Fluorescent coral. Stony Coral, Euphyllia paradivisa. Above photographed with daylight and bellow showing fluorescent colours photographed under special blue or ultraviolet light and filter. Many corals are intensely fluorescent under certain light wavelengths. Shallow water reef-building fluorescent corals seem to be more resistant to coral bleaching than other corals, and the higher the density of fluorescent pigments, the more likely to resist. This enables them to better protect the zooxanthellae that help sustain them. The pigments that fluoresce are photoproteins, and a current theory is that this acts as a type of sunscreen that prevents too much UV light damaging the zooxanthallae. These corals have the photoproteins above the zooxanthallae to protect them. Corals that grow in deeper water, where light is scarce, are using fluorescence to absorb UV light and reflect it back to the zooxanthallae to give them more light to turn into nutrients. These corals have the photoproteins below the zooxanthallae to reflect it back. Photographed in aquarium. Portugal