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Like most fish, corals do not have a certain size that they stop growing there for, they will continue to grow. Most corals do slow down when they get huge sizes but never stop.
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What types of coral are there?
(In the world) There are over 500,000 species in the 600,000 square miles of coral reefs. Millions of species of fish, eels, sponges, grasses, algae, mollusks, crabs, worms, and other marine animals use reefs as homes or as nurseries for their young. Tons of coral make up the coral reefs. After the coral dies, it leaves its skeletons, made of calcium carbonate, behind. There are three different kinds of reefs: fringing reefs, barrier reefs, and atolls. The reefs that are near shore and are separated from land by low water are called fringing reefs. Reefs that are at least 10 kilometers away from land are called barrier reefs. A circular coral island that is far away from land is called an atoll. Atolls form when coral develops on a volcanic island that has sunk below the water. For any of these reefs to form takes hundreds of years. It may take up to 100 years for an inch of coral reef to grow. hope this has helped you.
How Corals are formed?
coral reefs are made in the oeacen by rocks and plants that are in the oceacen for handereds of years.
How long does it take a coral to get established in a reef tank?
It will take millons and millons of yearsWrong!Depending of the coral,starting from 1cm/year up to 50cm/year in species like xenia
How does coral reproduce asexually and what's it called?
Corals exhibit. The coral colony expands in size by budding. Budding may be intratenacular, in which the new bud forms from the oral discs of the old polyp, as in Diploria, or extratentacular in which the new polyp forms from the base of the old polyp, as in Montastraea cavernosa. A common type of asexual reproduction in corals is by fragmentation. Broken pieces of corals that land on a suitable substrate may begin growing and produce a new colony. This type of reproduction is common in branching corals like Acropora cervicornis in which a positive correlation was found between fragment size and survival. Many coral species mass spawn. Within a 24 hour period, all the corals from one species and often within a genus release their eggs and sperm at the same time. This occurs in related species of Montastraea, and in other genera such as Montipora, Platygra, Favia, and Favites (Wallace, 1994). In some Montastraea and Acropora species, the eggs and sperm are released in a sack. They float to the surface where they separate and fertilization takes place. Intraspecies is common but mass spawning raises the possibility of hybridization by congeneric species (Wallace, 1994). The zygote develops into larvae called planula which attaches itself to a suitable substrate and grows into a new colony. Some species of coral brood their larvae. The sperm fertilizes the egg before both are released from the coral. The larvae float to the top, settle, and become another colony. Species of Acropora release brooded larvae.
What is the size of a coral reef?
The Coral Reefs can go up to 100kg .
What is a popular size for coral reefs?
They aren't designed, so there is no popular size.
Size at birth for a coral snake?
six inches
Why does coral come in different shapes?
Coral reefs come from living organisms and they form colonies of all sizes and shapes.
Which biome is still growing in size desert or forest?
Some deserts are growing in size, forests are shrinking.
How large is the Coral Triangle?
It is approximately 1.5 billion acres in size.
Is the city of Ottawa growing in size?
Yes, Ottawa is growing. All Canadian cities are growing.
What are differences between growth and development?
Growth is growing larger in size development is not growing larger in size but growing something else example girls develop breasts
