Saturday, August 23, 2008
Corals Need
THREE things to survive! The three things are
WARM WATER,SUNLIGHT,CLEAR and SHALLOW WATERS. Corals will also not grow in waters
lower than 68 DEGREES FARENHEIT (20 DEGREE CELSIUS ).. The warm nad shallow water is needed because it contain ZOOXANTHELLAE that transfers food energy to the corals.
Source:http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215471/coral_reef.htm
Zooxanthellae is any of various symbiotic yellow-green or yellow–brown algae in the cytoplasm of certain radiolarians and marine invertebrates.
Source:http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ZOOXANTHELLAE.
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