Amazingly‚ in one of the 735 coral reefs on Earth‚ I stumbled upon a fluffy creature recognized as the Wendigo. Considering I had never saw this species prior to my first scuba diving trip‚ I decided to get a closer look. The Wendigo‚ about the size of a baseball‚ ran around as happy as can be with a full smile on all of their faces. To complement their habitat’s name‚ the wendigo had coral color fur along with indigo legs‚ hands‚ and eyes. Along with their furry body‚ they have tails similar to
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over 2‚500 kilometres long. Islands and Reefs A coral reef is an accumulation of dead corals and other organisms with a limestone skeleton. This is then cemented together by physical processes and the reef builds slowly to the surface of the water. The world ’s
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balance. Another example is coral reefs which serve as a home to thousands of fish in the ocean such as the parrot fish. Parrot fish eat coral reefs and if they don’t have a predator to control their population size it could be detrimental to the coral reefs. The parrot fish would become overpopulated and all these fish would eat away the coral reefs. (TEDxYouth). The ocean’s ecosystems would collapse without coral reefs. Many species are at risk of extinction without coral reefs; even humans would
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allowing animals there to evolve separately. Great Barrier Reef‚ Australia Chapter 5. Corals are an outstanding example of symbiosis‚ in which a coral polyp (an animal) and an alga (which photosynthesizes) live together and benefit each other. Together‚ these partners build some of the largest structures created by any living organism. The Great Barrier Reef is the longest coral reef in the world. Coral reefs are renowned for the diversity‚ beauty‚ and the economic importance of the fish and
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dinoflagellate can look like a small brown ball that is structured as whorls and spines. Some are microscopic and others can grow as big as caviar. The good a dinoflagellate does is that without them‚ coral reefs would not be possible. Flagella provide about 90% of the nutrition coral needs to survive. Coral reefs
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1. Threats to the Great Barrier Reef \What are the threats to the Great Barrier Reef?\ In contemporary‚ the Great Barrier Reef has emerged numerous threats to the situation‚ in spite of the fact that it fetches billions of dollars into national economy from over two million tourists and over 700 tourism operators every year and supports more than 50 000 jobs. Furthermore ‚ (“Great Barrier Reef‚”2009) 2.1 Threats to the Great Barrier Reef of human factor One of the part of the risk
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The family Labridae‚ otherwise known as wrasses‚ is marine fish consisting of more than 575 species found in warm-temperate and tropical reefs around the globe (Wainwright et al. 2004). Of all of the coral reef fishes worldwide‚ the family Labridae is one of the most morphologically diverse (Westneat 1995). Due to their different morphologies‚ different fishes within the species prey on different types of food. The main difference making up the separate morphologies‚ and subsequently feeding habits
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cannot control its body temperature when the ambient temperature rises above 86º F. An extended heat wave in north Queensland could kill off a large part of its population². Another species affected by global warming are the coral reefs. If we do not protect the coral reefs‚ they might join the group of endemic species to. The report‚ by the Australian Institute
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Seven Wonders of the World and stretches over 3000km of the Queensland coast. More than 2 million people visit this site each year for the scenic view and the thousands of different species that live in it. The Reef is affected by many threats due to coral bleaching‚ litter‚ pollution‚ global warming and climate change. The Great Barrier Reef was listed as an official World Heritage Site in 1981. It was listed; to be outstanding examples representing major stages of earth’s history‚ including the record
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The Ocean matters. The coral reef is a home to more than 3‚000 species of fish‚ 700 species of hard coral and around 100 other species. Scientists say that there could be 1-8 million undercovered species. If not protected all these species have nowhere to go and the undiscovered species will likely not be discovered. We cannot let these species die a whole ecosystem will be lost. Ocean Conservancy was created in 1972‚ they offer 2‚300‚000 jobs to people. Over the 25 years the organization was
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