Individual Project Kathrina Nguyen SCI201-1404A-13 Environmental Science and Sustainability Coral reef Coral reefs are beautifully seen 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
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Effects of climate change on Great Barrier Reek Rising sea temperature Rising sea temperatures have adverse effects on the Great Barrier Reef (Johnson and Marshal 2007). According to Johanna and Marshal (2007)‚ increased temperature has a significant role in destroying aquatic life because sea animals have a particular body heat limit to survive in the ocean. As a result of enhanced heat‚ this limit has extended beyond that limit (Laugh and Hobdy 2011). For example‚ 8 years ago summer weather was
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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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The Great Barrier Reef a World Heritage listed‚ it is the vastest stretch of coral reef in the world. This essay will provide information on how the Great Barrier Reef is being protected against global warming for our future generations. We all love going to the beach for a swim or a snorkel however a different image was created by an article published by the Australian Academy of Science on their web site Nova Science in the News (2009): “Imagine you are on a beautiful tropical island on the
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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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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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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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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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entire ref is a marine park with zones that have different uses of water activities with the exception of fishing or collecting. These activities extend to the actual life in the reef. The corals are an animal in the jellyfish family‚ but they contain a solid limestone skeleton. During the day‚ the coral put themselves into the form of the skeleton to camouflage as a rock to hide from their predators. The plants of the reef are not very visible‚ but are important food to the life that lives
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beautiful as the top. Unfortunately if something isn’t done soon this beauty of nature will be destroyed. In Meera Dolasia’s article “Ingenious Coralbots May Help Restore Coral Reefs” she develops the use of technology to save the coral reefs as a strong central idea. To begin‚ the use of technology to help lower the risk of these coral reefs being destroyed is a
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