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Great Barrier Reef
Located in Australia, the Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest reef and encompasses an area of 133,000 square miles.
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How many species of coral are there in the Great Barrier Reef?
Lettuce Coral, brain coral, elkhorn coral, staghorn coral, star coral, fire coral, sea pen, scroll coral, golfball coral, mustard hill coral, rose coral, sea whips, maze coral, rigid cactus coral, orange cup coral.... and many more.
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 atolls
- Islands
- Bays
- Inlets
- Peninsulas
What things are endangering the coral reefs?
There are several things that can harm corals. Most of these are human activities like overfishing and any form of contact with the corals will damage them.
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..............
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How long is the Great Barrier Reef along Australia's east coast?
Figures vary, but according to the Australian Institute of Marine Science, the Great Barrier Reef is approximately 2,300km long. It is located in the Coral Sea and lies parallel to the coast of Queensland. It is actually a series of reefs and atolls, with its northern end just south of Papua New Guinea, and its southern end near Lady Elliott Island, northeast of the city of Bundaberg. This is the equivalent of about 1,430 miles.
How have humans interacted positively with the Great Barrier Reef?
People are helping the great barrier reef in a number of ways, killing and trying to control the population of crown-of-thorns sea stars is just one example. Raising money for it after natural disasters such as the Queensland floods and cyclone is another.
Further information:
There are numerous groups making an effort to help the Great Barrier Reef.
- The Species Conservation Unit monitors certain vertebrate species in the Great Barrier reef and provide specialised advice to minimise human impact and its associated risks on Protected Species.
- Naming and recognition of the Great Barrier Reef in 1981 as a World Heritage Area helps raise public awareness of the need to conserve the reef, as well as enabling laws which specifically help protect the Reef.
- The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority works in assocaition with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Traditional Owner groups to understand how they have managed to conserve the reef yet utilise its resources with minimal impact. Together, these two groups develop and maintain Sea Country Partnerships which will help sustain and conserve the reef.
- Australia is one of the countries of the world implementing a Biodiversity Action Planwhich helps to protect the Great Barrier Reef.
- There are regions along the coast near the Great Barrier Reef where use of chemical and pesticides by farmers is being closely monitored, in light of revelations that the chemicals are damaging the ecosystem of the Reef.
Restrictions in boating, fishing, and various other activities have, increasingly, been put in place, to help protect the Great Barrier Reef from further destruction. Nevertheless, it is still an extremely vulnerable ecosystem, and remains threatened.
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How many kilometres does the Great Barrier Reef run for?
Great Barrier Reef's average length is 1,430 miles (2,300 kilometers).
Name two human activities that are threatening the great barrier reef?
- Over- fishing
- Water pollution
- Global warming
- Excess CO2 in the atmosphere
- Shipping navigating through the reef, and resultant shipping accidents
- Excessive tourism activity on the Reef
- Chemical run-off from farms - pesticides and fertilisers
- Farming activities increase acidic sediment as well
- Changing water quality on the reef, due to human interference - quality such as salinity, nutrients and increased sediment concentration
- Rising sea temperatures (different to the debatable global warming, which is not necessarily due to human activities, but entirely possibly part of a natural cycle - coral cannot handle even mild increases in temperature)
What does a barrier reef look like?
The Great Barrier Reef is the name of the world's largest reef system. It is located in the Coral Sea off the coast of Queensland, Australia. It is made up of more than 2900 coral reefs and 900 islands, and extends for about 2300 km parallel to the coastline.
What marine mammals live in the Great Barrier Reef?
There are a great many different animals that live in the Great Barrier Reef. They include:
- 1625 species of fish, including 1400 coral reef species
- More than 3000 species of molluscs (shells)
- 630 species of echinoderm (starfish, sea urchins)
- 14 breeding species of sea snakes
- 215 species of birds including 22 species of seabirds and 32 species of shorebirds
- Six species of marine turtle
- Marine mammals such as 30 species of whales and dolphins, as well as a sizable dugong population
- 133 species of sharks and rays
crabs urchins an creepy crawlys and loads of fish
How many islands on the Great Barrier Reef?
There are more than 3000 Located in the Great Barrier Reef located on the Northeastern coast of Australia.
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What body of water is the Great Barrier Reef found in?
The Great Barrier Reef is in the Coral Sea, and lies parallel to the coastline of Queensland, Australia. Therefore, the Queensland coast borders the Great Barrier Reef.
Are you allowed to fish at the Great Barrier Reef?
Some Great Barrier Reef snorkelling links below.
in some places you can but it Can kill the coralsAnswer:I just came back from there and snorkeled for two weeks. The reef is quite far off shore so you have to use boats, traveling at top speed for an hour and a half, to get there. But the reef is shallow and is great fun. All boats are professionally run.How is the Great Barrier Reef dying?
The great barrier IS changing nf not in a good way. Its changing due to water tempurtures rising, over fishing and pollution. And the only people we can blame is US- the human race. We can improve it by NOT over fishing (for food or aquatic pets) and recycling all of our trash. It can be done! It will work- just try it! Every year, we LOSE parts of the barrier reef because of this- we really can't stop water temps, but we can change the other two.
How have changing sea levels affected the growth of the great barrier reef?
The changes occuring to the reef are to do with the Mass Coral Bleaching due to rising sea temperatures in 1998, 2002 and 2006. Pollution and declining water quality are other reasons plus the Crown of Thorns starfish which eats coral. Other things are shipping accidents, oil spills and tropical cyclones.
Where is the best place to dive in the Great Barrier Reef?
The Great Barrier Reef has thousands of great diving spots. The 'best' in terms of diversity and visibility are those in the outer reef. Moore Reef of Cairns is beautiful and well recommended! As to is the diving of Lizard Island FNQ.
What habitats are in the Great Barrier Reef?
There are numerous groups making an effort to help conserve the Great Barrier Reef.
- The Species Conservation Unit monitors certain vertebrate species in the Great Barrier reef and provide specialised advice to minimise human impact and its associated risks on Protected Species.
- Naming and recognition of the Great Barrier Reef in 1981 as a World Heritage Area helps raise public awareness of the need to conserve the reef, as well as enabling laws which specifically help protect the Reef.
- The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority works in assocaition with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Traditional Owner groups to understand how they have managed to conserve the reef yet utilise its resources with minimal impact. Together, these two groups develop and maintain Sea Country Partnerships which will help sustain and conserve the reef.
- Australia is one of the countries of the world implementing a Biodiversity Action Plan which helps to protect the Great Barrier Reef.
- There are regions along the coast near the Great Barrier Reef where use of chemical and pesticides by farmers is being closely monitored, in light of revelations that the chemicals are damaging the ecosystem of the Reef.
Restrictions in boating, fishing, and various other activities have, increasingly, been put in place, to help protect the Great Barrier Reef from further destruction. Nevertheless, it is still an extremely vulnerable ecosystem, and remains threatened.
What are 3 organisms living in the Great Barrier Reef?
plankton, bacteria, sponges, and many many more i don't know...............
How far does the Great Barrier Reef stretch?
The coral which makes up the Great Barrier reef is believed to extend to a depth of around 500m in some places. However, the living polyps only go down as far as 30 metres.
The water in the channel between the shoreline and the reef reaches about 60 metres in depth.
Are there octopus in the Great Barrier Reef?
yes, box jellyfish, also called sea wasp jellyfishes are mainly found in the great barrier reef, but can also live in the northern coast of Australia and the Philippines
Is the Great Barrier Reef good or bad?
Although the Great Barrier Reef does not have an official listing of endangered, it faces numerous threats to its continued existence. Currently, it 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.
It should also be noted that some 40 species which live in and around the Great Barrier Reef are listed asendangered.
