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Describe the ecological relationship between the coral and the zooxanthellae algae

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firstly they have mutualistic relationship .Coral provides the algae with protected environment and compounds they need for photosynthesis .

infact ... as much as 90% of the organic material photosynthetically produced by zooxanthellae is transferred to the host coral tissue

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