Case study: Coral Reefs
•Coral Reefs support a large number of plants and animals.
•Coral Reefs are built by millions of tiny animals called polyps.
•Some coral polyp species receive more than 60% of their food from algae.
•Each coral colony begins life as a single polyp, which then reproduces itself as a single polyp, which then reproduces itself by budding or by dividing.
Types of coral reefs
There are eight main categories of corals: branching, corals with meandering ridges and valleys, massive or thick colonies, thin plates and crusts, solitary/isolated/free-living corals, coral with large, daytime expanded polyps, column corals and blue/fir/organ pipe/lace corals. Some examples of coral are found below:
•Coral Reefs are built by millions of tiny animals called polyps.
•Some coral polyp species receive more than 60% of their food from algae.
•Each coral colony begins life as a single polyp, which then reproduces itself as a single polyp, which then reproduces itself by budding or by dividing.
Types of coral reefs
There are eight main categories of corals: branching, corals with meandering ridges and valleys, massive or thick colonies, thin plates and crusts, solitary/isolated/free-living corals, coral with large, daytime expanded polyps, column corals and blue/fir/organ pipe/lace corals. Some examples of coral are found below:
WebsitesSome great info and resources for diving and the great barrier reef http://bit.ly/mceLT
Introducing the Ocean Health Index http://goo.gl/Zj7Wd Great Barrier Reef teaching resource.http://lrrpublic.cli.det.nsw.edu.au/lrrSecure/Sites/LRRView/13780/ … Skin Cancer Found In Great Barrier Reef Fish http://ow.ly/cKX5F Listen: Dr McGrath - Conflict of interest over Great Barrier Reef development approvals http://ow.ly/c5WmV "The speed by which the oceans' acid levels has risen caught scientists off-guard"- #icrs2012http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jul/09/acid-threat-coral-reef?INTCMP=SRCH … A world without coral reefs http://nyti.ms/NoMH6P |
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