Next Week Mar 8-10: HIMB Coral Reef Ecology

Jan 02, 2013

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In two Weeks (Mar 15-17): Honolulu Fish Auction. Meet at Dean Hall at 5:30am (we will be back by ca. 8am)No Lab pm!!Tell TA if meet at Pier 38 (see map online)Close-toed shoes (will not be able to get in w/o or have to wear some old boots), sweater (it's like in a walk-in fridge!!).

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Next Week Mar 8-10: HIMB Coral Reef Ecology

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The Coral Reef Biome

The Coral Reef Biome A Look at a Marine Biome © Terri Street, 2002 What Is a Coral Reef? A structure formed by coral polyps, tiny animals that live in colonies. Coral polyps form a hard, stony, branching structure made of limestone.

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Coral Bleaching and the Affect of Temperature Change on Coral Reef Predator-Prey Interactions

Coral Bleaching and the Affect of Temperature Change on Coral Reef Predator-Prey Interactions. Juliann Krupa. Coral Bleaching. Color in coral comes from the photosynthetic symbiotic algae that live with in the tissue of the coral

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Coral/algal Reefs II

Coral/algal Reefs II. What forces maintain reef diversity?. Planet Earth video. Ecological functional groups. A larger scale view: reef building process. Atoll structure. Habitat diversity within an atoll. Niche dimensions enhancing reef fish diversity. Defensive tactics Feeding

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Aquatic Ecology

Aquatic Ecology. Chapter 6. Coral Reefs. What do coral reefs require? Answer – dissolved oxygen, light and nutrients What threatens coral reefs? (3) Chemical pollution, global warming, extra UV from ozone hole, excess sediment from rivers (soil erosion), human contact. Coral Reefs.

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The Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef. Reef Formation Age, Reef Building Processes and Current Reef Situation. Great Barrier Reef Overview. Located in the Coral Sea on the coast of Queensland (NE Australia) Largest Reef System in the world consisting of 3,000 individual reefs surrounding 900 islands

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Coral Reefs

Coral Reefs. Al- Muthanna Al-Ani and Raffin Blackadder. 2. Coral Reefs Around the World. 1. What are coral reefs?. A coral reef is an ocean habitat. It is in warm, shallow water, about 60-70 meters deep. 4

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Coral Reefs!

Coral Reefs!. Coral Reefs!. Coral in General . Phylum Cnidaria and the class Anthozoa There are over 800 known Hermatipic species Hermatipic- reef building Coral reefs are the most biologically diverse ecosystems on earth, Source of food Protect coastlines (from storms and erosion)

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Biomes: Coral Reef

Biomes: Coral Reef. Great Barrier Reef. One World Assessment. By: Sedoo Iorna. My Biome. http://www.greatbarrierreefnow.com/files/evening_reef.jpg. The Great Barrier reef. Home to many sea creatures. In- Look .

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Coral Reef

Coral Reef. Owen Valerie Aasritha. Ecosystem’s Location. The Coral Reef is located in the Pacific ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. Define Producers, Consumers, & Decomposers. Producers are living things that make their own food. Consumers are living things that rely on producers.

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Coral Reef

Coral Reef. By: Omar El Mousa. Location and picture. Serc.carleton.edu Cutandweird.com . About the coral reefs. There are three types of coral reefs: there are barrier reefs, fringing reefs and atolls. Some Reefs like the Great Barrier Reef are viewable from an aircraft.

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Coral Reef B iome

Coral Reef B iome . By H amad Al Thani 6B 10/01/2013. General facts about the corral reef .

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Reef-Building Corals

Reef-Building Corals. Reef-Building Corals. Coral reefs are produced by millions of coral polyps, each removing calcium and carbonate from sea water and depositing it as a hard skeleton. Reef-Building Corals.

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Coral Reef

Coral Reef. Abdulrahman Darwish. A Brief Description.

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The Disappearing Coral Reef

The Disappearing Coral Reef. Julie Smith 2008. Healthy Reef : biodiversity, brightly colored healthy coral Dead/Dying Reef : coral bleaching, limited flora and fauna. Carysfort Reef. 1975. 1985. So, Why Are Reefs Important. Densest and most varied ecosystem on Earth

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Coral Reefs and their Marine Families Reef IQ

Coral Reefs and their Marine Families Reef IQ. New Vocabulary. New vocabulary will be highlighted in green. Please write down each new word for review at the end of the class. polyps algae ecosystem habitat zooxanthellae tentacles. Introduction to Coral Reefs.

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Competitive Interactions on a Reef

Competitive Interactions on a Reef. Topics. Coral Coral Coral Algae Competition and Recruitment Benthic Cryptofauna Fish and Territory. Clonal Life History. recruitment. Fission. Fission. Fission. Death. Kinds of Competition between Corals. Connell (‘73).

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Data Products for Coral Reef Managers

Data Products for Coral Reef Managers. Tyler Christensen Mark Eakin NOAA Coral Reef Watch. Using satellite data to provide current reef environmental conditions, quickly identifying areas at risk for coral bleaching. NOAA Coral Reef Watch. http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/

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NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program

NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program. 9 th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment December 8, 2008 Kacky Andrews, Program Manager. What Led to the CRCP’s Creation?. 1995: Major worldwide bleaching event → coral mortality on a global scale

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Coral Reef Mission

Coral Reef Mission. The Big Picture. Coral Reef Mission. Levels One and Two. Coral Reef Mission. MIT Mission Development Tasks. Coral Reef Mission. PCRF Mission Operations Tasks.

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Coral Reef Mission

Coral Reef Mission. The Big Picture. Coral Reef Mission. Levels One and Two. Coral Reef Mission. MIT Tasks. Coral Reef Mission. PCRF-Prime Tasks.

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A kit for D.I.Y. reef monitoring: Simple technology for the assessment of coral health

A kit for D.I.Y. reef monitoring: Simple technology for the assessment of coral health. N.J. Marshall 1 , U.E. Siebeck 1 , K.A. Jennings 1 , & O. Hoegh-Guldberg 2 1 VTHRC, School of Biomedical Sciences, UQ 2 Centre for Marine Studies, UQ. $$. $$. Socio-Economic Value of Coral reefs.

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Coral Bleaching and the Affect of Temperature Change on Coral Reef Predator-Prey Interactions

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