How do calcareous green and red algae contribute to the reef building process?
What will be an ideal response?
Calcareous algae are important in cementing coral reefs and making them stronger structures able to withstand tropical storms. These algae typically grow as encrusting structures that connect isolated pieces of coral rubble. They also fill gaps between adjacent coral structures. In addition, coralline red algae are the dominant structural components of the reef crest, which receives the brunt of wave energy. As a result, these algae act to dissipate the energy of the wave before it washes over corals living below the reef crest.
You might also like to view...
Craving alcohol and an inability to limit the amount of alcohol one consumes are symptoms of fetal alcohol syndrome.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
If three consecutive bases in DNA are ATC, what is the corresponding codon?
a. UUG b. TAC c. ATC d. TAG e. UAG
What is the major difference between substrate-level phosphorylation and oxidative phosphorylation? What will be an ideal response?
Which of the following statements regarding the association of hepatitis B with liver cancer is FALSE?
A. Geographic areas with a high incidence of liver cancer also have a high prevalence of hepatitis B. B. The HBV genome has been found integrated into hepatic cancer cells. C. Hepatic cancer cells typically express HBV antigen. D. Chronic carriers of the virus are 200 times more likely to develop hepatic cancer. E. Vaccination does not provide protection against the development of hepatic cancer.