Marine

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Some fish eat of the coral reefs, but they do not live on or in the coral reefs. But every fish living on or in the coral reef has a job to do that protects it from the intrudors.

The epipelagic ocean zone is most habitable.

they act as a storm break in the event of a major storm such as a hurricane.

Yes, the terrain of a coral reef would be indeed bumpy and hilly. The rocks give the coral a place to grow and be closer to the sun.

So I'm sure without rocks and without a bumpy terrain the coral wouldn't be able to grow as well and that would lead to an non-existing coral reef.

Kelp forests consist of long prices of kelp in big groups. Coral reefs are different corals and sea animals in a big group.

Well, lots of tourists enjoy seeing the Coral Reefs on their vacations and would pay extra money to see them. Coral reefs are useful to the environment and people in numerous ways.

For example, Coral Reefs protect shores from the impact of waves and from storms, provide benefits to humans in the form of food and medicine, and provide economic benefits to local communities from tourism.

Yes. The Great Barrier Reef has been built by living coral, and is the largest living structure in the world. Being such a massive coral reef off northeastern Australia, it supports a plethora of floral and faunal species, as well as the hundreds of coral species.

the great barrier reef gets almost no light when it reaches and when at the top of the water gets a lot

Yes, the Great Barrier Reef is visible from low earth orbit. It is reported to be the only living thing visible from space with the unaided eye. It can be seen from the International Space Station and the Space Shuttle. Further out in space, such as from the moon, it is not visible.

Imagery from satellites is important in determining the extent of coral bleaching occurring on the reef which is threatening the coral. This can be detected from space imagery to a depth of 10m. Maps made from these images can determine the extent and progression of the bleaching.

MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) images taken from space keep watch over the location of coral bleaching on the reef. NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites monitor surface temperature and color. Data from these images appears online within three hours of the satellites' orbit passing over the reef. MODIS imagery discovered that river plumes from Queensland were travelling to the outer reef. Without being able to see the reef from space, scientists had not realised the debris from land traveled so far.

Space shuttle astronauts have also observed and photographed massive algal blooms on the reef which could impact the health of the reef. The reef also has massive seagrass meadows which have also been visible to the astronauts.

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basic answer, they suck up calcium and other elements from the water to build their skeletons. when they die, another coral builds upon the dead skeletons.

The intertidal zone is exposed a lot of the sun's light, being the part of the ocean at the shore and very top layer.

The rain forest has the greatest diversity of animals and plants living in it.

The ocean has the greatest biodiversity of any biome.

The rainforest has the greatest biodiversity of any terrestrial biome.

Examples of a Great Barrier Reef food chain can be found at the related link below. The first diagram given is a simple food chain of just three species, while the second diagram is a complex diagram showing the interrelationship of many species.

certain types of snails, hermit crabs, blennies, and sea stars will eat different types of algae and detritus

Corals are colonial animals that build a calcareous framework in which to live. They feed by filtering plankton from the water flowing past them but also contain in their bodies a symbiotic algae which also provides them with food. Indeed it is this algae which gives corals their vibrant colors and without these algae the corals will eventually die. As the algae are plants they need sunlight to photosynthesize and grow and this means that coral reefs need to be at depths where sunlight can penetrate.

The Great Barrier Reef is located parallel to the coast of Queensland.

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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.

whichever Rocks the Chinese had available at that time...

its because the range of humans uses made of the water catchment area adjacent to the great barrier reef,water ,quality ,has declined owing to the sediment and chemical runoff from farming ,and to loss of coastal wetlands which are the natural filters.

Fishing is dangerous for the Great Barrier Reef as many rare species of fish are being killed, which one day will become extinct. Furthermore, even just throwing litter into these waters will kill the habitats if the fish and will eventually. I was studying this topic last week in science and my science teacher told me that over the last 20 years, the reef size has gne down by 27% which is down the fact that people are damging it by pollution or fishing. Hope this helps!

The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef, and the only living organism visible from space. It lies off Australia's northeastern coast, off the coast of Queensland, and is approximately 2300 km long.

The Great Barrier Reef is regarded by some as a single living organism because, although it is made up of numerous atolls and islands, it is essentially an enormous interconnected colony of coral polyps. Whilst not everyone may agree with this, it remains that the world's largest coral reef is indeed the Great Barrier Reef.

Coral has been around for millions of years there are more thah thousnads of types some are still undiscovered(scientists claim)