important symbiotic relationships
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Important Symbiotic relationships. By Greg & Peter. Coral/ Z ooxanthellae. Coral Bleaching Reef Making - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Important Symbiotic relationships
By Greg & Peter
Coral/Zooxanthellae
• Coral Bleaching• Reef Making • Zooxanthellae- Tiny autotrophic protozoa with
flagellum that provide energy to many marine species, such as coral. They are essential to their growth and structure, and the processes above.
• The background shows Zooxanthellae as seen though a microscope.
Coral Bleaching• An example of coral bleaching can be seen in
the coral on the right side of the picture. This phenomena results from a deficiency of zooxanthellae in the coral. If nothing changes, the bleached coral will die.
Click partially bleached coral for a video
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Reef making
• Due to the fact that Zooxanthellae can provide up to 90% of the coral’s energy requirements, Zooxanthellae are essential to corals’ growth.
• Since Zooxanthellae can only live and thrive in certain conditions, Coral reefs are limited to regions that fit the requirements of the Zooxanthellae.
Malaria/Plasmodium
• Life cycle of Plasmodium
• Importance of Malaria
Life cycle of Plasmodium
A Plasmodium Click the plushie for a video
Importance of Malaria• In 2011 it was estimated By the W.H.O. (World
Health Organization), that there are 300-500 million cases and 700,000-800,000 deaths per year. These numbers might be low due to the fact that not everyone seeks help.
• Understanding how Plasmodium lives is helping the development of drugs that can stop its fundamental workings.
Websites Used
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CoralBleaching.jpg• http://www.traveldoctor.co.uk/images/MalariaMap.gif• http://www.thinkgeek.com/images/products/additional/caro
usel/malaria.jpg• http://www.malaria.com/questions/malaria-statistics• http://www.noaa.gov/features/economic/images/red_coral.j
pg• http://www.clker.com/clipart-25743.html• http://agsci.oregonstate.edu/aquatic-bt/sites/default/files/zo
oxanthellae_SANTOS.jpg• http://www.mygreenaustralia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010
/11/malaria.gif• http://cdn.physorg.com/newman/gfx/news/hires/2009/4-disc
overyoft.jpg