Vertebrates
Invertebrates
In the Lab
Coral Reef Ecology
"Fun" Facts
100
Often considered the most friendly shark, these little derps love a good belly rub.
What are leopard sharks?
100
Our white anemone lacks these.
What are symbiotic algae?
100
Symbiotic anemones fluoresce (emit light) because of this photosynthetic pigment.
What is chlorophyll?
100
This is how far to either side of your transect you should look when doing a reef survey.
What is one arm's length?
100
This organelle is possessed by the symbiotic algae but not their coral hosts.
What are chloroplasts?
200
These fish can inflate to 2-3 times their normal size when threatened.
What are pufferfish?
200
This burning "coral" is not actually a coral.
What is fire coral?
200
When hit with a blue light, symbiotic anemones will fluoresce (shine) this color.
What is red?
200
Overfishing of key herbivores/grazers on the reef (such as parrotfish) will result in overgrowth of the reef by this.
What is turfing algae?
200
These are grown to feed our anemones in the lab.
What are brine shrimp?
300
Lacking teeth, these spotted animals use flat, interlocking plates crush hard shells of clams and oysters.
What are spotted eagle rays?
300
These cephalopods eat 30-60% of their body weight every time they eat.
What are squid?
300
This it the name of a sample of cut DNA with known sizes to which experimental DNA bands can be compared on a gel.
What is a ladder?
300
These colorful animals are filter feeders that play a huge role in keeping water around reefs clean.
What are sponges?
300
This is Dr. Mitchell's favorite coral.
What is Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata)?
400
These fish are often attracted by shiny jewelry on divers and snorkellers.
What are barracuda?
400
This sub-phylum, closely related to insects and arachnids, includes shrimp, lobsters, and crabs.
What is crustacea?
400
This machine is used to generate gravitational force to pellet samples such as cells.
What is a centrifuge?
400
These fast growing corals are, unfortunately, the most likely to break in storms.
What are branching corals?
400
DNA in an agarose gel will run toward this end of the gel box.
What is the positive electrode?
500
This fish is queen of the reef.
What is the queen angelfish?
500
The species of anemone that we used for our experiements.
What is Aiptasia?
500
PCR is the abbreviation for this.
What is polymerase chain reaction?
500
In 1983, a disease killing these echinoderms all over the Caribbean resulted in algal overgrowth of reefs.
What is the black spiny urchin (Diadema antillarum)?
500
This is a name for a group of organisms and their common ancestor.
What is a clade?