Coral reefs were found to be affected differentially during bleaching episodes, and those species which survived had more stress-tolerant symbionts and higher tolerance to thermal changes . Rare thermally tolerant algae and host species-specific algae may play important roles in coral bleaching . Along the Indian coast, in the coral reefs of Palk Bay , varied bleaching and recovery patterns among coral genera was observed during the 2016 bleaching episode . Bleaching was high in Acropora spp. , followed by Porites , while moderate to no bleaching was observed in Favites Symphyllia, Favia, Platygyra and Goniastrea.
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