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Coral feeding, symbiosis and life cycles: nematocysts, zooxanthellae, reproduction, larval recruitment and reef accretion
Coral reef development
What this note covers
- How corals feed: night feeding and nematocysts
- Symbiosis within the colony
- Asexual reproduction: budding, fragmentation and polyp detachment
- Sexual reproduction and the larval stage
- Settlement, recruitment and the factors that control them
- Reef accretion versus destruction
6 sections · 11 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes
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