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TL PhD Comprehensive Exam
  • Introduction
  • Tasklist
  • 1. Basics
    • 1.1 Basic Biology Review
    • 1.2 Basic Genetics Review
    • 1.3 Light & Photosynthesis
  • 2. Coral Biology
    • 2.1 Basic Coral Biology
      • 2.1a Food Webs
    • 2.2 Reef Structure
    • 2.3 Growth & Reproduction
    • 2.4 Morphology
    • 2.5 Physiology
    • 2.6 Mixotrophy & Energy
    • 2.7 Symbiosis
    • 2.8 Reef Mortality
      • 2.8a Conservation
  • 3. Ecology & Evolution
    • 3.1 Evolution & Plasticity
    • 3.2 General Ecology
    • 3.3 Species
    • 3.4 Cryptic Species
  • 4. Isotopes
    • 4.1 Isotope Basics
      • 4.1a Instrumentation & methodology
      • 4.1b Environmental O & H
      • 4.1c Environmental C and N
      • 4.1d Organismal Isotopes
    • 4.2 Fractionation in Corals
    • 4.3 Trophic Niche Analysis
    • 4.4 CSIA
      • 4.4a C: Essential vs. Nonessential
      • 4.4b N: Trophic vs. Source
  • 5. Other
    • 5.1 Science & Society
    • 5.2 Stats
  • 6. Summary & Resources
    • 6.1 Glossary
    • 6.2 Resources
    • 6.3 Questions From Exam
    • 6.4 Recommendations & Reflections
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  1. 2. Coral Biology
  2. 2.1 Basic Coral Biology

2.1a Food Webs

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Types of food webs - interactive, functional, energy flow, connectedness

  • Parrotfish

  • Bioeroders like mollusks, annelids, flatworms and echinoderms

Herbivorous fishes (functional groups based on feeding behavior)

  • croppers (e.g., surgeonfish: Acanthuridae),

  • browsers (e.g., chubs: Kyphosidae),

  • scrapers

  • excavators (e.g., parrotfish: Labridae)

  • farmers (e.g. damselfish)

Non-fish Herbivores

  • Invertebrates - urchins (see above), crabs, limpets, chitons, and polychaete worms

  • Vertebrates - Sea turtles, dugongs,

Corallivores
More advanced types of food web dynamic analyses
Example of a reef food web