Use Ohiolink to Obtain a Copy of the Following Article

Biology 2 Name: ______Assignment 3:

Use Ohiolink to obtain a copy of the following article:

DR Levitan, W Boudreau, J Jara, N Knowlton. Long-term reduced spawning in Orbicella coral species due to temperature stress. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2014; 515: 1

Answer the following questions:

1. Using 2-3 sentences, describe a coral?

2. To which phylum do corals belong?

3. Which genus was observed in the study?

4. Indicate where a coral fits in the animal kingdom by the following criteria? a. bilateral symmetry or radial symmetry b. diploblastic or triplobastic c. protostome, deuterostome, neither

5. In what geographic area was this research performed?

6. What is meant by coral bleaching?

7. In what years did coral bleaching occur in the study area?

8. What was the overall purpose of this research?

9. Identify the following: Independent variable :

Dependent variables:

Number of species used in research: 10. What were the conclusions:

11. What questions do you have after analyzing this article? (None is not an acceptable answer.)