for their cane crops to survive. The problem with the water leaving quickly‚ though‚ is that it drags the topsoil and various other harmful agricultural chemicals with it. That dirty water then filters into the river catchments that feed the Great Barrier Reef. This water turns into mud‚ algae and bacteria that settle on the living coral organisms. It then smothers the animal and eventually kills it. Climatic change: Coral can loose its colour or even die from a change in its climate such as a cyclone
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Stepan Zhigulin Research Assignment Great Barrier Reef Intro: Coral reefs are like the rainforests of the sea‚ and like those here on land they are being destroyed. But why should you care? Just imagine scuba diving around the corals of the Great Barrier Reef. You are now probably picturing vibrant colours and a bustling ecosystem. However if you decided to visit right now you’d mostly be seeing the white skeletons of corals‚ and that is claimed to be because of the Global warming‚ but is it? Greenhouse
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The Great Barrier Reef is located off the east coast of the Queensland mainland‚ as shown in figure 1. It is listed on The World Heritage Site as a natural site. The Great Barrier Reef is one of the Seven Wonders of the World and stretches over 3000km of the Queensland coast. More than 2 million people visit this site each year for the scenic view and the thousands of different species that live in it. The Reef is affected by many threats due to coral bleaching‚ litter‚ pollution‚ global warming
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Coral Reef Ecosystem Coral reefs are complex and diverse habitat. Perhaps one of the most interesting and colorful ecosystems to be found in the marine environment. They are very unique in many ways. Coral reefs play many important roles in the marine world. Lots of different sea life rely on reefs for habitat and sources of food‚ including some endangered species. (Yasutake‚ 2007) The reef we will be discussing is the great barrier reef of Australia. This is the largest reef in the world
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Coral reefs are arguably the world ’s most beautiful habitats. Coral reefs have been called the rainforests of the oceans‚ because of the rich diversity of life they support. Scientists have not yet finished counting the thousands of different species of plants and animals that use or live in the coral reef. There are three types of coral reefs: fringing reefs‚ barrier reefs‚ and atolls. Fringing reefs are located close to shore‚ separated from land by only shallow water. Barrier reefs lie farther
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Topic: “Describe the way in which coral reefs have contributed to social and cultural life in the Caribbean.” Corals are marine animals which usually live in compact colonies of many identical polyps. Corals secrete calcium carbonate which forms reefs. Such reefs and are located near the Equator in tropical and subtropical waters. The largest coral reef is the Great Barrier Reef located off the coast of Queensland‚ Australia. Coral reefs are often referred to as the “rainforests of the ocean”
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Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System Vanessa Lewis Axia College Introduction The Belize Barrier Reef is one of the largest barrier reefs in the northern hemisphere. The system has a total of seven beautiful sites: Bacalar Chico national park and marine reserve‚ Blue Hole‚ Half Moon Caye Natural Monument‚ South Wather Caye Marine Reserve‚ Glovers Reef Marine Reserve‚ Laughing Bird Caye National Park‚ and Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve. The Belize Barrier Reef includes all of these locations
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The Decrease of Coral Reefs Taylah Bruce Science 10.3 The Decrease of Coral Reefs In Australia‚ particularly‚ the rapid decrease of coral is becoming a vast issue. Our most prominent body of coral‚ The Great Barrier Reef‚ is facing annual bleaching within the next twenty years due to warmer‚ more acidic seas. It has alerted scientists all over the world of the future we face and many have come together in hope of conserving this amazing natural wonder and the millions of marine life that
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Coral reefs are communities to the sea and home to many living creatures and different types of organisms‚ as well as about one-fourth of the oceans population. Coral reefs are made up of animals called polyps that will remain in one place‚ acting as the main structure of the reef itself‚ these animals have a hard almost skeleton like structure. Scientists who study coral reefs have categorized them into three different types of reefs; Barrier reefs‚ Atolls‚ and Fringing reefs. Coral reefs are put
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quoted in 1842 describing the Belize Barrier Reef as "the most remarkable reef in the West Indies" (Encyclopedia). This description still holds true today. The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System‚ which includes the Belize submarine shelf and its barrier reef is the world’s second largest barrier reef system and the largest reef complex in the Atlantic-Caribbean area (Programme-wo‚ 2009). What makes a reef like the Belize Barrier Reef system so special is that coral reefs are the most diverse of all wetlands
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