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Many corals, specifically hermatypic corals, contain symbiotic algae that provide the coral with sugar from photosynthesis. Algae also feed zooplankton, which corals feed on. Basically, algae provide corals with food, indirectly.
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Corals have a symbiotic relationship with plant-like algae that grow inside them how do the algae benefit the corals?
well no relation just friends
Algae that live in the tissues of reef-building corals are known as?
Symbiodinium which is commonly called as zooxanthellae or zoox are unicellular algae. They live in the tissues of reef-building corals.
Differences between hermatypic and ahermatypic corals?
Hermatypic corals contain zooxanthellae (a symbiotic algae), whereas ahermatypic corals do not. It is like saying that hermatypic corals are photosynthetic, where ahermatypic corals are non photosynthetic.
A beneficial association between coral and algae is an example of what?
the algae builds corals skeleton
How and when do corals eat?
Corals actually don't eat anything . But it is the symbiotic algae which lives in it and produces food for it photosynthetically.
Is coral a tiny plant?
Corals are animals, not plants, but they do have plants growing in them, algae.
What is constructed primarily from the skeletal remains and secretions of corals and certain algae?
A coral reef.
What are producers in a coral reef?
seaweed,reef-building corals, and blue-green algae
Bioherms are made of what?
Bioherms are carbonate rock formations, in the form of an ancient reef or hummock, consisting of the fossilized remains of corals, algae, mollusks, and other sedentary marine life, and commonly surrounded by rock of a different lithology.
What are some producers in coral reef?
seaweed,reef-building corals, and blue-green algae
How are corals affected by global warming?
Global warming cause bleaching of corals, ie, the algae which provide the colour to corals die out resulting in the loss of colour. When the producers die out of course the ecosystem can no longer survive and hence it is lost forever.
Why do corals have different colors?
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