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When coral animals die their skeletons remain. More corals build on top of them, gradually forming a coral reef
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∙ 14y agoStony coral is also known as true coral which is pretty much what helps make the coral reef expand and grow, like it helps with reproducing to expand the reef.
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Coral reefs are made of?
Coral reefs are calcium carbonate. They are built from stony corals, which consist of polyps that cluster in groups.
How do zooxanthellae help build coral reefs?
they help build coral reefs by speading their waist along the sealine to help build coral reefs.
Do coral reefs form when the calcite skeletons of coral build upon each other.?
no
What form coral reefs?
Coral polyps create the large hard structures known as coral reefs. The coral grows due to the build up of calcium carbonate that the corals secret.
Where do atoll Reefs grow?
Atoll reefs usually only form where stony coral growth is quite rapid. They are far more common in pacific reefs than atlantic. However, an atoll is simply a coral reef that encloses a lagoon, and technically they could form anywhere where reefs form.
What does a fringing coral reef look like?
These are the ridges or mounds in shallow sea derived from some stony corals (A type of marine animals belonging to phylum Cnedaria) these reefs are easily navigable that is ships can enter in these reefs there are still other types of reefs also as barrier reefs and atolls which are not navigable.
Is it true Coral reefs form when the calcite skeletons of coral build upon each other?
True .
How do coral reefs form?
When coral polyps die, their exoskeletons are left for new polyps to build upon. Over long periods of time this process creates reefs.
What structures do coral colonies produce?
Coral Reefs
Are dolphins in the coral reefs?
no dolphins are not in coral reefs.
What coral reef is in California?
There are no coral reefs IN California
Where does the name coral reef come from?
The reason they are called Coral Reef is because there are lots of coral in those locations, and they are also called coral reefs or reefs of coral reefs of coral too.
