Great Barrier Reef‚ Australia Organisms that can be found in this ecosystem – Seaweed – P Sea grass – P Zooxanthellae – P Phytoplankton – P Zooplankton – C Omnivore Krill – C Omnivore Prawn – D Platygyra hard coral – C Omnivore Turbinaria hard coral – C Omnivore Bottlebrush coral – C Omnivore Bubble coral – C Carnivore Needle coral – C Omnivore Giant clam – C Omnivore Cone shell – C Omnivore Nudibranchs – C Omnivore Mollusks – C Carnivore Zig-zag oysters – C Omnivore Cowries
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Barrier reefs and coral reefs play a very important role in our environment. The reefs protect our coastal regions. Many species of coral and fish call the reefs home. There are various reasons why barrier reefs and coral reefs play huge role in our environment; this reef provides Habitat‚ Income‚ Food‚ Protection‚ Medicine‚ and Tourism. Coral reefs need to be protected in order for them to continue to thrive Coral reefs are often called
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Business report Reef Adventures is a business that developed a package of cruising holidays on sailing ships around the Great Barrier Reef. In the establishment phase Reef Adventures concentrated on marketing these cruising holidays within Australia and New Zealand. As the business has grown steadily‚ the management has decided to market its product to potential customer‚ with a particular focus on Europe and the USA. Initially‚ considerable funds were needed to acquire ships and other equipment
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Main Features of the Reef: One of Australia’s most remarkable and unique natural gifts‚ the Great Barrier Reef is filled with the breathtaking beauty of the world’s largest coral reef. The Great Barrier Reef is made up of 3000 individual coral reefs and 940 islands‚ which stretches for 2000 kilometres along the Queensland coast and is home to; more than 1500 species of fish‚ 30 species of marine mammals including the endangered dugong‚ 6 of the world’s endangered species of sea turtles and 215 species
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Café de Coral: Being Happy Together Across the Globe? 1. Introduction As Mr. Michael Chan‚ Chairman and CEO of the Café de Coral group‚ thought about the directions his company should take‚ he felt a bit uncertain. The company‚ clearly the most popular Chinese Quick Serve Restaurant (QSR) in Hong Kong and a local success‚ had just celebrated twenty years as a public company. This success and longevity in the cut-throat world of fast food was remarkable‚ but Mr. Chan did not want the company to
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Coral Reef Bleaching Coral reef bleaching‚ which is the whitening of diverse invertebrate taxa. The cause of the whitening is “from the loss of symbiotic zooxanthellae and/or a reduction in photosynthetic pigment concentrations in zooxanthellae residing within the gastrodermal tissues of host animals.” (P.W.Glynn) The reason why coral reef bleaching is such a concern is because the “consequences of bleaching large numbers of reef-building scleractinian corals and hydrocorals.”(P.W.Glynn)
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The Great Barrier Reef The Great Barrier Reef stretches 2‚300 kilometres along the Queensland coast and includes over 2‚900 reefs and around 940 islands and clays The reef is the only living organic collective on earth that is visible from space. Because of the marine parks natural beauty‚ it has become one of the of the world most visited tourist destinations with more than 2 million people visiting the marine park every year. There are a number of reasons why the reef is a positive aspect to Australia
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October 14‚ 2011 Warming Up to the Truth Being an avid hydrophile‚ I wanted to explore a topic that involved the world of life in the ocean. This allowed me start wondering about coral reefs inside the ocean and caused me to raise the question about how and why some of these become bleached. A number of coral reefs that have been bleached lasted such a long time as luminous organisms filled with color and beauty before suddenly turning white and dull. How does something like that last such a long
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In today’s society‚ thousands of artificial reefs are manufactured every year throughout the United States using an integration of private‚ federal‚ state and local government funds. Not only are artificial reefs suggested to preserve marine populations‚ but they are also considered to be “economically viable” (‘How artificial reefs are economically viable’). The role of artificial reefs is to attract marine life‚ which brings in approximately $300‚000 a year for many marine wildlife service programs
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Belize Barrier Reef‚ the largest reef in the northern and western hemispheres. The reef is home to many species of coral reefs‚ coastal lagoons‚ seagrass meadows‚ and mangrove forests. It provides a habitat for a large number of fish species and many endangered animals. With global warming issues‚ local activities‚ and mass tourism threatening the very existence of the reef‚ the United Nations Educational‚ Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ) has made the Belize Barrier Reef part of the World
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