Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Image Source: Book Today‚ 2013 Discovering the world’s largest coral reef system Nicholas Buss – s2797651 1303ENV – Earth Sciences Course Convenor – James Furse Course Tutor – Dr William Bennett Introduction Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is one of the seven natural wonders of planet earth and is the only living system large enough to be seen from space and even the moon (Bowen‚ 2002). The reef currently attracts more than 1.6 million tourists to Queensland’s north-east
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ESSAY 3: JUSTIFY THE IMPORTANCE OF ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION The Great Barrier Reef is an extensive and intricate ecosystem which is located off the east coast of Northern Queensland. The GBR stretches roughly 2300 kilometres from as far north as Fly River in PNG to as far south as Frazer Island. The whole reef system covers 354‚ 000 square kilometres in total which makes it the largest and most famous coral reef system in the world. Holding one of the world’s broadest ranges of genetic
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The Great Barrier Reef‚ located on the north-east coast of Australia‚ is one of the world’s most astonishing natural beauties. Consisting of over 3000 individual reef structures and stretching over 2000 kilometres making it the largest living organism and the largest coral reef system in the world. Along with these astonishing reefs there are hundreds of unique tropical islands holding some of the most amazing beaches in the world. Due to the Great Barrier Reefs unique natural beauty‚ it has‚ over
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Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System Vanessa Lewis Axia College Introduction The Belize Barrier Reef is one of the largest barrier reefs in the northern hemisphere. The system has a total of seven beautiful sites: Bacalar Chico national park and marine reserve‚ Blue Hole‚ Half Moon Caye Natural Monument‚ South Wather Caye Marine Reserve‚ Glovers Reef Marine Reserve‚ Laughing Bird Caye National Park‚ and Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve. The Belize Barrier Reef includes all of these locations
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Case Study 1: Great Barrier Reef - 1. Introduction Coral reefs are on the most complex ecosystems on earth. They are predominantly found in the Indian Ocean and on the Western edges of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. The global distribution of coral reefs is influenced by a number of factors‚ including life and sea surface temperature. Coral reefs require such a unique set of biophysical interactions that they are highly vulnerable to human-induced change. For example‚ just a small change in sea
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modifications and the vulnerability + resilience of ecosystems at risk • Issues related to the vulnerability and resilience of ecosystems at risk • Case study (GBR) with illustrative examples • Sustained‚ logical and cohesive response The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is an ecosystem at risk that is both vulnerable and resilient to change. Natural stress and human induced modifications affect the functioning of the ecosystem‚ with short and long term impacts. Extreme weather‚ erosion and storm waves
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The Great Barrier Reef Ecosystems are one of the most important parts to the world’s environment. Everybody is a part of a ecosystem. The United States could be considered an ecosystem theoretically. A ecosystems is a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. Working together‚ keeping it clean‚ and always adapting will keep an ecosystem rich of life. One of the most important‚ largest‚ and filled with life ecosystems is the Great Barrier Reef. Before hearing
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The small city of Cairns may not be well-known but its claim to fame is that it is the doorstep to visiting The Great Barrier Reef. I’m excited to be here because I planned to go diving along the outer reef wall. Diving the Reef is one of the top site to explore for divers worldwide. As we walked off the plane we experienced the feeling of the warm tropical weather. It was muggy and we could see all around the lush green vegetation. Our transportation into the city was just a few minutes. We
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in shallow areas‚ such as the Australia’s eastern coast‚ also known as the “The Great Barrier Reef”. The reef covers an area over 300‚000 square kilometers. Amazingly enough‚ the Great Barrier Reef also covers wide range of ocean depth. People consider that the coral reef is the most complex ecosystem on Earth. Abiotic Components There are two major abiotic factors‚ Temperature and Sunlight. The Great Barrier Reef is an aquatic ecosystem‚ in which it has more abiotic factors. The additional abiotic
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The Great Barrier Reef | Koh Yi Shing 2013.03.19 | The world’s largest coral reef system‚ The Great Barrier Reef‚ is shrinking at an incredibly rapid rate (Environmental Threats). Over the past 27 years‚ it has lost approximately half of its coral (Happening to GBR). This is due to many reasons; it includes oil spills‚ poor water quality‚ shipping‚ climate change etc. (Environmental Threats). One of the main reasons is overfishing (Environmental Threats). For example‚ the species of Crown-of-thorns
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