What Do Coral Reefs Eat
Corals Get Their Food from Algae Living in Their Tissues or by Capturing and Digesting Prey. Most Reef-Building Corals Have a Unique Partnership with Tiny...
What Do Coral Reefs Eat?
Corals get their food from algae living in their tissues or by capturing and digesting prey. Most reef-building corals have a unique partnership with tiny algae called zooxanthellae. The algae live within the coral polyps, using sunlight to make sugar for energy.
zooxanthellae
Most reef-building corals contain photosynthetic algae, called zooxanthellae, that live in their tissues. … The coral provides the algae with a protected environment and compounds they need for photosynthesis. In return, the algae produce oxygen and help the coral to remove wastes.
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. The algae live within the coral polyps, using sunlight to make sugar for energy.
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What do coral reefs need to survive?
What Do Coral Reefs Need to Survive?
- Ideal Water Temperatures. Coral reefs need a precise water temperature to survive. …
- Clean Water. …
- Exposure to the Sun. …
- A Healthy Balance of Salt Water. …
- Food. …
- Water Circulation. …
- Positive Reef Initiative: Protecting the Coral Reefs.
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