Phillips Topic: Ecosystem Focused topic: Decline of Coral Reefs Thesis Statement: Caribbean waters which contains coral reefs‚ one of the world’s most stunning‚ interesting and dynamic ecosystems‚ is diminishing rapidly due to pollution‚ overfishing and climate change. I. Pollution has greatly led to the decline in coral reefs. * Sources of pollution to coral reefs. 1. Land based pollution that runs into the sea is a major threat to coral reefs. 2. Marine debris which is made up of
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As the climate changes‚ coral bleaching is predicted to become more frequent and severe. Sea temperature increases and coral stress from other impacts may increase corals’ vulnerability to bleaching. As part of its Reef Health Incident Response System‚ the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority has a Coral Bleaching Response Plan for detecting and responding to coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef. What is coral bleaching Many types of coral have a special symbiotic relationship with a
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our oceans and how the coral and fish are suffering. We also hear how we have to clean the beaches‚ use eco-friendly materials and do our part to help‚ but does anyone ever tell us what is really happening in the oceans or how to help? In the article “11 Billion Pieces of Plastic Are Ridding Corals with Disease”‚ published in The Atlantic in January of 2018‚ Ed Yong interviews two microbiologists‚ Joleah Lamb and Rebecca Vega Thurber‚ on how plastic is destroying our coral reefs. The plastic cuts
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United States need a strategic victory that could turn the tide of the war. Soon two battles would come over the horizon and would distinguish themselves as the battles that marked the turn of the tide in the war. These two battles are The Battle of Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway. With out victories in these battles the Pacific might have been losing‚ and the course and outcome of the war changed forever. In the beginning in the war in the Pacific that Japanese Navy had many gains in the Far
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Conserve Our Coral Reefs Before Its Too Late? The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s latest report warns that half of the coral reefs could disappear by 2045. Coral reefs are diverse ecosystems that support different kinds of fish species and other organisms under the sea. They are home to as many as 150‚000 species in any given coral reef (Harris 1060). They are located in warm‚ shallow‚ and tropical marine waters where there is enough sunlight available for the coral reefs to thrive
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Are Ridding Corals with Disease”‚ Ed Yong interviews two microbiologist‚ Joleah Lamb and Rebecca Vega Thurber‚ on how plastic is destroying our coral reefs. Lamb states that plastic that sits on top of coral can cause disease to take over that part of the coral and spread. A study that was performed by Lamb showed that on average 4% of coral is affected by a disease‚ but 89% of coral that comes into contact with plastic is affected. There are many different diseases that affect the coral covered with
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climate change on coral reef ecosystems Wild‚ C.‚ Hoegh-Guldberg‚ O.‚ Naumann‚ M.S.‚ Colombo-Pallotta‚ M.F.‚ Ateweberhan‚ M.‚ Fitt‚ W.K. Iglesias-Prieto‚ R.‚ Palmer‚ C.‚ Bythell‚ J.C.‚ Ortiz‚ J.C.‚ Loya‚ Y.‚ and Van Woesik‚ R. (2011). Climate Change impedes scleractinian corals as primary reef ecosystem engineers. Marine and Freshwater Research‚ 62.2‚ 205-215. The article researches the effects of climate change on primary reef ecosystem engineers‚ such as Scleratinian Corals. These are organisms
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10/27/04 Research in the Disciplines First Paper Final Draft Tragedy of the commons invading our environmental rights: Case study Coral Reefs In our world there are many resources‚ all of which people do not have a choice in sharing such as our air and our oceans. These resources are looked at as infinite‚ although this is not actually the case. Each time one person does something to pollute or use these types of resources‚ it affects the whole of society. This is the
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No. 3‚ April 2012 A Study of Water Quality Near to a Coral Reef Site in the Region of Dubai‚ United Arab Emirates Rami El Khatib‚ Adnan Falah‚ Golaleh Tavakoli‚ Christine D ’cruz and Jasmine Pereira Abstract — The water quality near to a coral reef site in Jebel Ali‚ Dubai‚ United Arab Emirates (UAE) was studied. Many Physico-Chemical parameters for water samples taken at two different depths (0.5 m and 1.0 m) parallel to a coral reef site were measured and analyzed. The data showed that
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CORAL REEFS Almost every one of us have heard and most of you have seen the Coral reefs but did you know what actually these are: As a mariner its important to know about the marine life‚ that was one reason I have chosen this topic for my today’s short presentation. GM‚ my scheme of presentation will be as flashed: DEFINATION OF CORAL REEF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CORAL AND CORAL POLYP WHERE WE CAN FIND CORAL CONSTRUCTION OF CORAL REEFS CONDITIONS FOR GROWTH OF CORAL REEFS TYPES
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