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    cannot survive and extinct from the world. The dinosaur were once the dominant groups among the species‚ after they were gone there will be new dominant groups rise and replace them after a certain period. Question 2 Why are reefs so important? Many US coral reefs exist before the European colonized the nearby

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    20km long and 11km wide. Tioman Island bears constant humid conditions and hot temperatures due to its close proximity to the equator. The island consists of inhabited dense forests which total up to approximately 8 296 hectares and numerous coral reefs housing diverse marine life. As a large group‚ we broke up into 4 sub-groups and conducted our individual coastal survey studies while following a pre-discussed plan of assessment. Our surveys involved the use of 50cm x 50cm quadrats with a 5x5 grid

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    Coral Bleaching

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    I chose the article Global Warming Is Killing the Great Barrier Reef by Kacey Deamer This article is reliable because it is only four days old and from a reliable website. It is also reliable because I found other articles supporting the data presented in this article. This article is about how global climate change is killing the Great Barrier Reef. This article is about how scientists have returned to the Great Barrier Reef to measure the coral bleaching that has occurred this summer. Coral

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    headings below. List of Headings i Island legends ii Resources for exchange iii Competition for fishing rights iv The low cost of equipment v Agatti’s favourable location vi Rising income levels vii viii ix x xi xii The social nature of reef occupations Resources for islanders’ own use High levels of expertise Alternative sources of employment Resources for earning money Social rights and obligations 1 Paragraph A .................................... 2 Paragraph B ...

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    Dynamite Fishing

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    fishing is the practice of using explosives to stun or kill schools of fish for easy collection. This often illegal practice can be extremely destructive to the surrounding ecosystem‚ as the explosion often destroys the underlying habitat (such as coral reefs) that supports the fish. The frequently improvised nature of the explosives used also means danger for the fishermen as well‚ with accidents and injuries. Dynamite fishing or blast fishing is the use of bombs to kill or hurt lots of fish at once.

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    failing fisheries when worldwide the fisheries spent $124 billion to catch the fish but‚ got $70 billion out of it so the governments covered up the shortfalls. Coral reefs are on the verge of collapse because of overfishing. Also the coral reefs have decreased from about 28 percent to 13.8 percent. About 19‚300 square miles of coral reef has been lost due to overfishing. See humans and animals are being affected by commercial fishing and overfishing.Humans could find another food source other than fish

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    What Is Coral Bleaching

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    The Great Barrier Reef‚ located off the coast of Queensland‚ Australia‚ is the “world’s largest coral reef ecosystem”‚ according to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA). It is home to about 2‚900 individual coral reefs‚ but unfortunately‚ as of 1990 and continuing until today‚ this number is rapidly declining. This active downturn is primarily due to the catastrophic coral bleaching event being held in their ecosystem. Coral reefs have an optimal water temperature of (20-27 celsius)

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    Hawksbill turtles like this because the reefs have sponges they like to feed on. Hawksbills are omnivorous and will also eat mollusks‚ marine algae‚ crustaceans‚ sea urchins‚ fish‚ and jellyfish. Their hard shells protect them from many predators‚ but they still fall prey to large fish‚ sharks

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    is dominated by the estuary of the rivers Tapi and Phum Duang. The islands of Ko Samui‚ Ko Phangan and Ko Tao enclose the bay from its eastern side 2) Bandon Bay is under threat because of … Sedimentation due to deforestation Near-shore coral reef systems are experiencing increased sediment supply due to conversion of forests to other land uses. Counteracting increased sediment loads requires an understanding of the relationship between forest cover and sediment supply. All of this eroded sediment

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    regardless of its legality. Three areas to examine are; the effect on the coral reefs or ocean floors‚ the effect on the marine life‚ and ways to prevent further damage. Indonesian fishermen have been destroying the off shore reefs for decades and is the largest area of concern. “Damage from bombs and other disruptions‚ like sedimentation‚ cyanide fishing‚ and coral mining‚ has severely degraded 70 percent of the nation ’s reefs and left only six percent in excellent condition” (Ryan‚ 2001). With the

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