CommUNITY Chest
What do we call all the populations of different species living in the same area?
What is a community?
When one organism eats another, this interaction is called what?
What is predation?
In their invaded range, lionfish have very few natural what?
What are predators?
Which type of fish helps control algae on coral reefs?
What are herbivorous fish?
What do we call a species that are key to it's ecosystem?
What is a keystone species?
What level of organization includes both living and nonliving factors?
What is an ecosystem?
What interaction occurs when two species compete for the same limited resource?
What is competition?
Why does a broad diet help lionfish become invasive?
What is they can eat many things?
When herbivorous fish populations decrease, what happens to algae?
What is algae increases?
What type of species is used to measure ecosystem health?
What is an indicator species?
What term describes the role of an organism in its environment, including how it uses resources?
What is a niche?
What type of symbiosis benefits both species?
What is mutualism?
Which niche trait allows lionfish populations to grow quickly?
What is a high reproductive rate?
How does increased algae affect coral?
What is coral growth decreases?
Lionfish are an example of what type of species in the Atlantic?
What is an invasive species?
A group of the same species living in the same area is called a what?
What is a population?
Barnacles living on a whale is an example of which interaction?
What is parasitism?
Explain one reason why the lionfish’s natural niche makes it successful in the Gulf of Mexico or Atlantic.
What is few predators, high reproduction, and a broad diet allow rapid population growth?
Why does overfishing herbivores reduce reef biodiversity?
What is algae outcompetes coral and reduces habitat?
What happens to a community if a keystone species is removed?
What is many populations are affected or the ecosystem becomes unstable?
Why are two species with identical niches unlikely to survive in the same community?
What is competition for the same resources?
What happens when two species compete for the same limited resource?
What is one or both populations may decrease?
What type of diet do lionfish have?
What is a generalist (broad) diet?
How do fishing regulations that protect herbivorous fish help coral reefs?
What is herbivorous fish eat algae, allowing coral to grow?
Which species type is most likely to disrupt food webs when introduced to a new ecosystem?
What is an invasive species because it lacks predators and competes with native species?