Bleaching
Mangroves
Sea Grass
Coral
Algae
100
how many stages does coral bleaching have?
4 stages
100
How many different types of mangroves are there?
Red, Black, White, Buttonwood
100
what type of sea grass to we have in the usvi
Turtle, Manette, Halodule Grass
100
what is the name of the organization that presented last week?
Mote marine Labs
100
What are the 3 main groups of Algae
Red, Brown, Green
200
T/F
Can coral survive after being bleached?
True
200
what is the name of mangrove seeds?
Propagules
200
what type of fish groups utilize sea grass as shelter?
Juvenile
200
What is type of coral grows the slowest
Brain Coral
200
why are algae blooms harmful?
prevents sunlight from reaching sea floor organisms & absorbs nutrients
300
how can you tell the difference between bleaching and coral disease?
Disease has a yellowish ring surrounding the coral
300
what is the order of which you would find mangroves from the water?
Red, Black, White, Buttonwood
300
what marine animal mostly feeds on seagrass?
Sea turtles
300
T/F
can coral die of old age?
False
300
what is this
sargassum
400
Name the stages of coral bleaching
Healthy/paling or partly bleached/bleached/dead
400
what is the percentage of the mangroves that we have lost worldwide?
70%
400
What is the name of the invasive species of seagrass
Halophila
400
what is the name of the algae that lives inside coral?
zooxanthellae
400
What are the services that algae provide to the ecosystem.
Provides food for many marine herbivores
or
Provides shelter for marine micro invertebrates
500
what species of coral is most resistant to coral bleach
Brain coral
500
what are the names of the 2 mangrove associates?
Buttonwood & Maho
500
How do marine animals use sea grass?
Food, shelter
500
why do corals fluoresce?
they use it as sunscreen
500
can zooxanthellae survive outside of corals
no