Where does much of the seafood we eat begin life? - Answers in coral reefs
what do our oceans control - Answers weather, climate, oxygen we breathe
How much acropora palmate remains in the Florida Keys? - Answers .01%
we have lost what percentage of corals overall in Florida? - Answers 80-90%
A coral is made up of thousands of small structures called - Answers polyps
what lives inside the tissues of the polyp animal - Answers microalgae
what is the function of these cells inside the polyp - Answers photosynthesis and make food for the
animal
a coral is a....species - Answers foundation
what was the only thing researchers found that caused corals to turn white? - Answers raising the temp.
by 2 degrees celsius
why does a coral bleach - Answers stress response
what was the researchers' hypothesis regarding communicating coral bleaching to the general public? -
Answers if you can document the change, it will be more effective on the public
The researchers first attempt at documenting the reef relied on underwater - Answers cameras
what is symbiosis - Answers two separate organisms that have adapted to each other and are now
benefitting each other
symbiotic relationship between an anemone and a clownfish - Answers anemone provides protection,
clownfish provides food
name some key coral reef building species - Answers Montipora, ports, compressa, lutea
how are corals similar to humans - Answers build and change environments, create their own habitats
how are coral reefs like a city - Answers fish form neighborhoods, traffic, norming chorus, lots of sounds,
fish have their own jobs
how many people rely on coral reefs as their main food source - Answers .5 to 1 billion
What drugs come from the sea - Answers prostaglandin (sea fans, fights cancer), bryostatin from coral
rhizomes (statin)
coral bleaching is a phenomenon directly attributed to - Answers climate change