Vocab
Organisms that need to live in association with a symbiont to survive.
What is Obligated Symbiosis ?
Are Corals animals?
Yes
What is the Most common type of reef?
Fringing Reef
How do Zooxanthellae transform nutrients
Under Photosynthesis.
A shallow, sheltered body of water separated from the open sea by coral reefs, sand bars, and/ or barrier islands.
What is a Lagoon?
What is the Most important Coral?
Stony Corals (Scleractinia)
Are Fringing reefs are more farther than the shore then Barrier reefs
False
Do Corals compete for space?
Yes
is a general term for several different groups of cnidarians
What is Coral?
What causes Bleaching in Corals?
Loss of Zooxanthellae (Due to other factors)
What are the flattest parts of the coral reef
Atoll
Whats a benefit of Grazing?
Helps keep seaweed and other plants from over growing
A characteristcs formation on barrier reefs with finger- like projections of coral interspersed with sand channels.
What is a spur-and-grove information?
Encrusting Coraline Algae
The richest Coral Growth is typically found..
In the Fore-Reef Slope
The Main nitrogen fixers are..
Cyanobacteria
coral reef that develops as a narrow band close to a shore.
What are Fringing reefs?
What do corals Produce to make their skeleton ?
Limestone (Calcium Carbonate)
what are Atolls?
Atolls are ring-shaped reefs that often have islands and a lagoon in the middle.
How can such rich communities grow when the surrounding sea is so unproductive?
Mutualistic relationship between corals and zooxanthellae algae.