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What is the algae that has a symbiotic relationship with the reef builders?
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What is the the habitat for algae?
A coral reef.
What would happen if the climate conditions change in the great barrier reef?
Most island of the Great Barrier Reef are very little above seal level, thus would be swamped by a rapid rise in sea level brought about by glaciers melting. The same fate awaits the Maldives and many island groups, also countries like Bangladesh.
What are some producers in a coral reef?
seaweed,reef-building corals, and blue-green algae
What are the advantages of coral bleaching?
coral bleaching is the loss of symbiotic 'algae' known as zooxanthellae (actually, they're dinoflagellates) in stressful environmental conditions, such as warmer than normal water temperatures and UV stress from the sun, or even pollutants. These 'algae' provide the coral with 90% of it's nutrition which it uses for growth and reproduction. If the corals are unable to regain their zooxanthellae, they will slowly starve and lose the ability to compete with other organisms for space on the reef. Algae frequently overgrow the weakened corals which subsequently die. Some corals, such as plating corals, have fragile skeletons and crumble into rubble when the coral dies. If a coral is not growing, it is eroding by ocean processes, and loses the complex structure that provided a home for all of the other reef organisims. No reef, no fish.
What does the Great Barrier Reef look like?
The Great Barrier Reef was formed by nature, with hundreds of years of living coral building upon the skeletons of other coral. The corals that build reefs are not single animals. Coral is made up of colonies comprised of many individual animals called polyps, which join together. Coral polyps are a little like sea anemones, having tentacles that extend outwards, but they are not actually anemones. Corals which create coral reefs have a symbiotic relationship with algae known as zooxanthellae. This algae, which lives within the tissues of the coral, causes a photosynthetic reaction which enables the polyps to make skeletons about three times faster in the light than in the dark. This means the corals deposit skeletons faster than the environment can remove it, and these skeletons build upon each other over time, creating a coral reef.
What would happen if a symbiotic relationship in a coral reef ceased to exist?
nothing...LOL
What type of relationship benefits both organisms involved such as the relationship between single celled algae and reef building corals?
Mutualism
What are examples of symbiotic relationships in a coral reef?
I am kinda positive that algae is a symbiotic factor.
The definitions of economics importance of algae in reef building?
yes it is important to algae in reef building
Who constructed the Great Barrier Reef?
The Great Barrier Reef was not constructed by a "who", but by a "what". The Great Barrier Reef has been formed over thousands of years by coral polyps. Corals which create coral reefs have a symbiotic relationship with algae known as zooxanthellae. This algae, which lives within the tissues of the coral, causes a photosynthetic reaction which enables the polyps to make skeletons about three times faster in the light than in the dark. This means the corals deposit skeletons faster than the environment can remove it, and these skeletons build upon each other over time, creating a coral reef. So this is the "what" that constructed the Great Barrier Reef.
Is algae in the coral reef?
Yes there is.
The kind of algae that help to build a coral reef are?
red algae
What is the process or agent that is responsible for the formation of the Great Barrier Reef?
The process or agent responsible for forming the Great Barrier Reef has been entirely natural, as well as being a symbiotic process. The Great Barrier Reef was formed by coral, in association with algae. The corals that build reefs are not single animals. Coral is made up of colonies comprised of many individual animals called polyps, which join together. Coral polyps are a little like sea anemones, having tentacles that extend outwards, but they are not actually anemones. Corals which create coral reefs have a symbiotic relationship with algae known as zooxanthellae. This algae, which lives within the tissues of the coral, causes a photosynthetic reaction which enables the polyps to make skeletons about three times faster in the light than in the dark. This means the corals deposit skeletons faster than the environment can remove it, and these skeletons build upon each other over time, creating a coral reef.
What are producers in a coral reef?
seaweed,reef-building corals, and blue-green algae
What type of algae forms coral reef?
Microscopic Algae live in coral reefs
What are the producers of the barrier reef?
Producers that are found in the coral reef are zooxanthellae, sponges, seaweed, corraline algae, marine worms, marine algae, plankton, phytoplankton.
What are some producers in coral reef?
seaweed,reef-building corals, and blue-green algae
