View Full Version : biology assigment [about coral]
feylind
10-24-2003, 2:13 AM
hello people i was just wondering if any of you could name a species of coral [that can be found naturaly in our oceans] that has a very narrow temprature range. Also please specify the temprature range if you could.
Thanks it would be a great help!
Cearbhaill
10-24-2003, 3:42 AM
Aren't assignments like this supposed to help you learn how to research? :D :D :D
I ran "coral temperature ranges" (http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=coral+temperature+ranges) through Google and I can guarantee that your answer lies within the first two pages of the results.
Good luck in your research.
feylind
10-24-2003, 3:56 AM
this is a type of researching asking experts, i tracked you guys down! its just like asking someone at a pet shop. well any way that is not my whole assignment, i also have to do adaptions of 4 endothermis/ectothermic australian animals and classifying them as behaviourable, pyhcological and structual and the range of temprature all life can live in. plus the narrow temp question. :)
oh and google stuffs up my computer! and i have tryed other search engines, but i thought i d better ask the experts since you guys keep the real things
mogurnda
10-24-2003, 9:07 AM
coral reef alliance (http://www.coralreefalliance.org/resources/) is a good place to start.
There are also several articles on reef temperature on reefs.org (http://www.reefs.org/library/subject.html#WATER) .
Believe it or not, there is quite a bit of debate about it, with recommendations ranging from the high 70s to mid 80s.
Bleaching seems to be more related to rapid change, and the effects that it has on the symbiotic zooxanthellae than temperature per se. The articles in reefs.org go into more detail.
Good luck!
slipknottin
10-24-2003, 10:20 AM
coral reefs are primarily bewteen latitudes 30 degrees north, and 30 degrees south. Temperatures of about 61-93. Though few corals can live at those temperatures for more than a few minutes or hours, in the case of extremely tolerant species. The average temperature of all reefs is about 82 degrees.
feylind
11-05-2003, 6:08 PM
thanks guys!
Sharyl C
11-24-2003, 4:57 PM
other animal sites that maybe useful are www.fishbase.org and www.cephbase.com
maybe you should post a copy of your project when you are done - so we can all see how you did.