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What is the largest fish in the Great Barrier Reef?
Some of the largest include the groupers, and the giant hump head wrasse. Sharks are also fish, so really the largest fish on the reef are sharks, but most are not permanantly on the reef.
Scientific name for coral reef?
Here are some of the names of some types of corals purple squirter, fringing reefs, barrier reefs, atoll reefs. If you like coral reefs, check out our website destructionofcoralreefs.weebly.com What is happening to our corals? Find out!
What are the three signs in Australia of global warming?
Rising temperatures, longer summers, shorter winters.Climate changes: times of droughts, extreme and unusual floods.Damage to the Great Barrier Reef, with some coral bleached and dying.
How does society affect the Great Barrier Reef?
The Great Barrier Reef is shrinking, and it is unknown by how much. Climate scientists who subscribe to the theory of anthropogenic global warming (i.e. caused by man's activities) predict that the Great Barrier Reef may lose up to 95% of its coral by the middle of the current century. Although the coastline parallel to the Great Barrier Reef has been settled by Europeans for less then 200 years, these scientists believe that the Reef has been shrinking by 20% every 100 years. Climate scientists who subscribe to the theory that global warming is cyclical perhaps have a less drastic view, as they believe that the coral will regenerate, as it has apparently done so in the past. It is a very emotive topic. However, it should be noted that pollution and chemical runoff pose a very real threat to the reef. The water quality of the reef is affected by sediment and nutrients, and 80% of this is caused by cattle grazing on the land adjacent to the reef. Mud and chemical runoff tend to limit the sunlight that reaches the coral, causing it to die off, and they increase the macro-algae, which is a weed. Tourism is a threat to the reef, as tourist boats damage the delicate framework of the reef; fishing and pollution left behind by visitors also is a threat. Oil spills occasionally occur when captains of foreign vessels ignore the warnings about travelling around the reef, and venture too close (trying to save time), resulting in damage to their ships. It should also be noted that some 40 species which live in and around the Great Barrier Reef are listed as endangered.
Which island in the Indian Ocean is crossed by the Tropic of Capricorn?
Some of the islands which lie on the Tropic of Capricorn include Heron Island (on the Great Barrier Reef), and the islands of Fiji.
What are Some reasons the Great Barrier Reef is in trouble?
Pollution and overfishing has posed threats to the Great Barrier Reef.
What are the cultural features of Great Barrier Reef?
The Great Barrier Reef itself is a landform. Some of the features found on the Reef include:Coral reefs and atollsIslandsBaysInletsPeninsulas
Does the Great Barrier Reef have any shipwrecks?
Probably, seeing as it is the 'Great Barrier Reef', there might be some in the deep, dark depths of it!
What is the difference between coral reefs and The Great Barrier Reef?
A fringing reef forms a continuous underwater "wall" for some distance, where as a "barrier Reef" are shorter in distances, and have large gaps in them....and will be between shore and the Barrier Reef..............Sea Rambo
What are some sources of information about the Great Barrier Reef?
One of the most reliable sources of information on the Great Barrier Reef is the website for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. The website is at the related link below.
What are some activities in the Great Barrier Reef?
Snorkelling
Are there sharks living in the Great Barrier Reef?
Shark species in the Great Barrier reef include:various species of reef shark (the most common of the sharks in the Great Barrier Reef) such as grey reef shark and whitetip reef sharklemon sharkvarious species of wobbegong sharkcoral catsharkleopard sharktiger shark
What are some names of some corals?
There is the Great Barrier Reef, the Phuket Sky Dive Reef and the Breaker Reef. There is the Bucco Reef in Tobago.
What are some of the species that live on the Great Barrier Reef?
Pretty much all the fish from Disney Nemo, since it does take place in the Great Barrier reef.
What are some natural things in the Great Barrier Reef?
CORALS
What are some positive impacts on the great barrier reef?
sharks
What are some native species in the great barrier reef?
fish.
