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How does algae help coral?
The algae helps the coral by producing oxygen and other nutrients that are required by the coral. The coral produces carbon dioxide for the algae as well as other substances the algae requires.
Who is causing the coral reefs to die?
Some diseases carried by humans can infect coral reefs and scientists have just recently discovered that a form of the herpes virus is killing coral reefs.
How do coral reefs form what makes them vulnerable to environmental stress?
Coral reefs begin to form when free-swimming coral larvae attach to submerged rocks. Both natural conditions and those created by man is what make coral reefs vulnerable to environmental stress.
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.
Is coral only found in coral reefs?
Coral makes up coral reefs. Coral by definition are microscopic animals with an outer skeleton of calcium carbonate that form colonies and are responsible for reef building.
Do coral reefs form when the calcite skeletons of coral build upon each other.?
no
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.
How was the great barrier reef formed as a land form?
The reefs require adequate amount of sunlight. They grow only in shallow and clean water. A reef can be made of any of the three substances - sand, rock or coral. The temperature that is conducive for the formation of reefs is between 18 degree Celsius and 30 degree Celsius. The sea animals called polyps form colonies that make the reefs. A coral polyp resembles a sea anemone. This animal has many tentacles around its mouth. Many polyps join together to form a colony. The Barrier Reef is made of many coral reefs. Each coral polyp is associated with an alga. The photosynthesis by an alga helps the polyp to make a coral skeleton. The skeletons are made of aragonite, a form of calcium carbonate. These coral skeletons form quickly and are the foundation on which coral reefs are built. Two coral skeletons are sealed together by calcium carbonate produced by algae. Thus the reefs including the Great Barrier Reef are formed due to the association between a sea animal and a single-celled plant.
Is it true Coral reefs form when the calcite skeletons of coral build upon each other?
True .
When do coral reefs form?
it contain calcium and if spoiled it causes tsunami.
In which portion does coral reefs form in the continental margin?
Continental shelf
Coral reefs form in which portion of the Continental margin?
continental shelf
