Chapter 14 Terms
Chapter 14 – The Ecology of Coral Reefs
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Super-organism
How can so many species of plants and animals live together in one place?
How can such a productive community exist where there is not a visible source of nutrients-in tropical oceans?
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Productivity
Food webs of reefs
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Obligate symbiosis
Facultative symbiosis
Space
Sessile plant
Macroalgae
Blue banded surgeonfish
Acanthurus lineatus
Plant-animal symbioses
Giant clam
Bivalve
Nudibranch mollusc
Flatworm
Closed system
Fire coral
Zooxanthellae
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Swarmer
Open system
Alcyonarian
Chemotrophic behavior
Sea anemone
Ahermatypic coral
Hermatypic coral
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Calcification
Eye-like structure
Massive skeleton
Fragum fragum
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Clownfish
Amphiprion spp.
Damselfish
Cleaning symbiosis
Triggerfish
Mahimahi
Cleaning station
Cleaner wrasse
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Mutualism
Cleaner mimic
Aspiodontus taeniatus
Barber pole shrimp
Candy cane shrimp
Peterson's shrimp
Stenopus hispidus
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Crown of thorns starfish
Pocillopora spp.
Trapezia punctata
Acanthaster planci
Alpheid shrimp
Medusafish
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Commensal relationship
Alpheid shrimp
Goby
Robert Myers
Micronesian Reef Fishes
Snapping shrimp
Prawn
Hermit crab
Sea Anemone
Octopi
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Whole society
Mitten crab
Lybia sp.
Pearlfish
Long tapering tail
Family Carapidae
Pyramidellid snail
Black and White crab
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Recycling
Symbiosis
Energy
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Endolithic algae
Macroalgae
Filamentous algae
Filamentous endolithic algae
Territoriality
Corallivore
Chemical ecology
Specialization
Chemical warfare
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Bag of tricks
Venom
Toxin
Antiherbivore compound
Diurnal fish
Nocturnal fish
Motile invertebrate
Crab
Snail
Octopi
Emergent zooplankton
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