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Coral polyps create the large hard structures known as coral reefs. The coral grows due to the build up of calcium carbonate that the corals secret.
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Who is causing the coral reefs to die?
Some diseases carried by humans can infect coral reefs and scientists have just recently discovered that a form of the herpes virus is killing coral reefs.
How do coral reefs form what makes them vulnerable to environmental stress?
Coral reefs begin to form when free-swimming coral larvae attach to submerged rocks. Both natural conditions and those created by man is what make coral reefs vulnerable to environmental stress.
Is coral only found in coral reefs?
Coral makes up coral reefs. Coral by definition are microscopic animals with an outer skeleton of calcium carbonate that form colonies and are responsible for reef building.
Do coral reefs form when the calcite skeletons of coral build upon each other.?
no
What structures do coral colonies produce?
Coral Reefs
Where do atoll Reefs grow?
Atoll reefs usually only form where stony coral growth is quite rapid. They are far more common in pacific reefs than atlantic. However, an atoll is simply a coral reef that encloses a lagoon, and technically they could form anywhere where reefs form.
What color algae help to form coral reefs?
red
Are dolphins in the coral reefs?
no dolphins are not in coral reefs.
What coral reef is in California?
There are no coral reefs IN California
Is it true Coral reefs form when the calcite skeletons of coral build upon each other?
True .
Where does the name coral reef come from?
The reason they are called Coral Reef is because there are lots of coral in those locations, and they are also called coral reefs or reefs of coral reefs of coral too.
Coral reefs form in which portion of the Continental margin?
continental shelf
