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Interesting & Fun Facts About Coral Reefs
They form only in the tropics, and they contain an incredibly diverse assemblage of plant and animal species.
It is a rainforest under water.
Kelp forests and coral reefs.
Yes, where coral reefs are found along the edges of continents; Australia's Great Barrier Reef and Florida USA are two examples. However, many are found around volcanic islands or their remains(atolls).
Coral as you no are living things..........so 1st they need enough water to live........and all the fish,crabs,and seahorses irritate the coral reef so it falls apart and dies.....
The reefs require adequate amount of sunlight. They grow only in shallow and clean water. A reef can be made of any of the three substances - sand, rock or coral. The temperature that is conducive for the formation of reefs is between 18 degree Celsius and 30 degree Celsius. The sea animals called polyps form colonies that make the reefs. A coral polyp resembles a sea anemone. This animal has many tentacles around its mouth. Many polyps join together to form a colony. The Barrier Reef is made of many coral reefs. Each coral polyp is associated with an alga. The photosynthesis by an alga helps the polyp to make a coral skeleton. The skeletons are made of aragonite, a form of calcium carbonate. These coral skeletons form quickly and are the foundation on which coral reefs are built. Two coral skeletons are sealed together by calcium carbonate produced by algae. Thus the reefs including the Great Barrier Reef are formed due to the association between a sea animal and a single-celled plant.
There are two main coral reefs in Australian waters. The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef in the world. It extends 2300 km down the coast of Queensland, Australia. On the west coast, off Exmouth, is Ningaloo Reef, another impressive coral reef.
coral reefs are made in the oeacen by rocks and plants that are in the oceacen for handereds of years.
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The Coral Reefs in the Red Sea and the Australian Great Barrier reefs are both effected by the Crown Of Thorns starfish which are killing those reefs. Sorry, I only could find this one. :p
(In the world) There are over 500,000 species in the 600,000 square miles of coral reefs. Millions of species of fish, eels, sponges, grasses, algae, mollusks, crabs, worms, and other marine animals use reefs as homes or as nurseries for their young. Tons of coral make up the coral reefs. After the coral dies, it leaves its skeletons, made of calcium carbonate, behind. There are three different kinds of reefs: fringing reefs, barrier reefs, and atolls. The reefs that are near shore and are separated from land by low water are called fringing reefs. Reefs that are at least 10 kilometers away from land are called barrier reefs. A circular coral island that is far away from land is called an atoll. Atolls form when coral develops on a volcanic island that has sunk below the water. For any of these reefs to form takes hundreds of years. It may take up to 100 years for an inch of coral reef to grow. hope this has helped you.
For detailed information on the subject of coral reefs and their endangerment, please visit http://www.reefsearch.webs.com/ This was a website I created for a school assignment, and you may find it very useful. Some attribute it to global warming, stating that the water is normally warmer.
Runoff from farms near coral reefs can cause two basic problems; sedimentation and nutrification. Sedimentation means that silt and dirt particles get washed into the ocean, blocking out light, and landing on and smothering reef animals. Nutrification causes large algal blooms that can easily overgrow and crowd out coral reef animals.
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