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MBCB Challenge Questions
Chapter 10 Symbiotic
Relationships
Research
the following questions and answer them thoroughly.
1. Support or refute this metaphor: The giant clam, Tridacna gigas, is a gardener. Discuss
2.
How are
anemone fish capable of hiding in the stinging tentacles of their hiosts without
being stung? Provide, in your
essay, a brief review of the experimental evidence that supports this view.
3.
In what
ways are the symbiotic algae passed from one generation to the next?
4.
What
happens to the coral-algae symbiosis when the coral are starved?
Discuss.
5.
What is
coral bleaching? Discuss this
phenomenon in relation to global warming.
6.
Why are
there fewer symbiotic relationships in freshwater than in marine systems?
Speculate.