how many stages does coral bleaching have?
4 stages
How many different types of mangroves are there?
Red, Black, White, Buttonwood
what type of sea grass to we have in the usvi
Turtle, Manette, Halodule Grass
what is the name of the organization that presented last week?
Mote marine Labs
What are the 3 main groups of Algae
Red, Brown, Green
T/F
Can coral survive after being bleached?
True
what is the name of mangrove seeds?
Propagules
what type of fish groups utilize sea grass as shelter?
Juvenile
What is type of coral grows the slowest
Brain Coral
why are algae blooms harmful?
prevents sunlight from reaching sea floor organisms & absorbs nutrients
how can you tell the difference between bleaching and coral disease?
Disease has a yellowish ring surrounding the coral
what is the order of which you would find mangroves from the water?
Red, Black, White, Buttonwood
what marine animal mostly feeds on seagrass?
Sea turtles
T/F
can coral die of old age?
False
what is this
sargassum
Name the stages of coral bleaching
Healthy/paling or partly bleached/bleached/dead
what is the percentage of the mangroves that we have lost worldwide?
70%
What is the name of the invasive species of seagrass
Halophila
what is the name of the algae that lives inside coral?
zooxanthellae
What are the services that algae provide to the ecosystem.
Provides food for many marine herbivores
or
Provides shelter for marine micro invertebrates
what species of coral is most resistant to coral bleach
Brain coral
what are the names of the 2 mangrove associates?
Buttonwood & Maho
How do marine animals use sea grass?
Food, shelter
why do corals fluoresce?
they use it as sunscreen
can zooxanthellae survive outside of corals
no