1·Acanthasters show a preference for branching corals.
刺冠海星更偏好分枝的珊瑚。
2·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。
3·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。
4·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。
5·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。