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Marine
A region of the Earth covered by water and inhabited by marine plant life and marine organisms.
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Why do animals and plants live in a coral reef?
The environment for a coral reef needs to be well investigated. First of all, you need to mimic an outdoor coral reef using waves and sunlight. These are the essentials for an ideal coral reef. Also along with the reef, you should include fish. The fish will eat algi off of the reef and will make it more natural looking.
What is the length and area of the Great Barrier Reef?
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.
Australia has almost one-fifth of the world's reef area and most is located in the Great Barrier Reef, off the eastern coast. The Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, which comprises more than just the coral reefs, atolls and islands of the Great Barrier Reef, covers around 348,000 sq km (134,363 sq miles) while the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park itself covers around 344,400 sq km.
What is Seattles state animal?
Seattle is a city located in the state of Washington. Animals native to this area include: deer, raccoons, otters, rabbits and coyotes.
What animals and plants are common to the coral reef?
butterfly fish, hard coral: brain coral or table coral
What cities are near The Great Barrier Reef?
Because the Great Barrier Reef extends for 2000 km up the Queensland coast, there are several cities close to the reef. A large city which is closest to where the reef comes in nearest the coast is Cairns. Townsville is a large city along the coast, but the reef is not as accessible and close to shore from there. The southern end of the Great Barrier Reef is around 75km northwest of the port city of Gladstone. Brisbane is the nearest capital city to the Reef, but it is about 530km from the southern end. Contrary to popular overseas opinion, Sydney is nowhere near the Great Barrier Reef, as it is 930 kilometres south of Brisbane.
Is the Great Barrier Reef shrinking?
Australia's Great Barrier Reef could lose 95 percent of its living coral by 2050 should ocean temperatures increase by the 1.5 degrees Celsius projected by climate scientists.
While the Great Barrier Reef is one of the world's healthiest reefs, coral reefs are particularly fragile ecosystems, partly due to their sensitivity to water temperature. When corals are physiologically stressed -- as is the case when water temperatures are elevated -- they may lose much of the their symbiotic algae, an event known as "bleaching." Corals can recover from short-term bleaching, but prolonged bleaching can cause irreversible damage and subsequent death.
Can you use the Great Barrier Reef sustainably?
The vast majority of the Great Barrier Reef is in Australian waters, so it is managed by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. A Zoning Plan covers the whole Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, and this plan determines where particular activities are permitted or not permitted. The plan also allows for certain areas of protection, while Plans of Management cover the more popular, high-use areas.
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Is the Great Barrier Reef classified as a natural or cultural site?
The great barrier reef is a natural site, as humans did not influence the creation of it, but early Aborigional people and Torres Strait islanders had cultural connections with it.
How do the tiny coral reef get their food?
Coral reefs get their food from one-celled algae organisms called zooxanthellae. They give the coral by-products of photosynthesis. Also, coral have little carnivorous organisms living in them that kill and eat things with little stinging tentacles.
What is coral reef separated from their island by a lagoon?
A Barrier Reef. The barrier reefs grow parallel to the shore of an island and are separated from it by a deep lagoon.
What plant life is in the Great Barrier Reef?
Well The Great Barrier reef in a sense is living as Coral is a living, breathing organism. It terms yes it does support Algae and a wide rang of fish such as the:
- yellow-faced angelfishes
- fusiliers
- blue tuskfishes
- cardinal fishes
- tervallies
- gobies
- Mandarin fishes
What is the population of clown fish in the Great Barrier Reef?
There are some aborigines that inhabit the islands but generally the Great Barrier Reef is off-shore and a wildlife sanctuary. The total population living in the watershed on the Queensland cast is less than two million.
http://www.environment.gov.au/soe/2001/publications/theme-reports/biodiversity/biodiversity04-1f.html
The population of fish, sharks and other creatures is unknown. There are 125 species of shark that populate the Great Barrier Reef.
What are the Arctic Ocean decomposers?
that is one of the best questions I have seen on here!
surely the answer is nothing! as all the ice and snow just preserve everythying when it dies. And given that they can find a truly ancient man in the alps, who is frozen for thousands of years, I stand by my original answer!
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 are the other uses of coral reef?
the corals are very important these is because- 1 they are the rain forest of the ocean
2 they provide the habitat for thousands of marine organism
3 they observe CO2
4 they decrease global warming ,ozone depletion
5 they prevent from flood , melting of iceberg, etc
6 they have great medicinal values
7 they provide building materials
Where is the Great Dividing Range?
The Great Dividing Range runs down the eastern coast of mainland Australia. It extends from Cape York Peninsula in the north of Queensland to Victoria in the south. The Grampians in western Victoria form the farthest reach of the Great Dividing Range. The range does not extend into South Australia.
yes the coral reef is in warm water! if it was in hot water it would die same with cold water!
-Tay
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.
Whats the name of a decomposer in the Ocean?
bacterium or , marine worms
Decomposer: an organism, often a bacterium or , that eats dead or decaying plants and animal matter, thus making organic nutrients available to the ecosystem. They also break down the waste (poop) of other organisms. Decomposers are very important for any ecosystem. If they weren't in the ecosystem, the plants would not get essential nutrients.
Bacteria are the champion decomposers of the world. They live in the ocean, in the air and on land. They are among the smallest forms of life on earth, so you can only see them with a microscope.
sea slugs, sea worms are few more
Why are people leaving near the coastal areas affected when the coral reefs are destracted?
Because coral reefs are shielding the storms that's why storms can't affect the peoples
