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Coral Reef
Habitat
Famous Reefs
Threats
General Info
Life
Colton & Kim
Coral reef habitats are located in the ocean. They require warm temperatures. They are in areas of strong wave action that carry food and nutrients. Most corals grow on hard rock surface.
Destructive fishing practices Overfishing Careless tourism Pollution Sedimentation Coral mining Climate change
Some famous coral reefs are: Great Barrier reef, Belize Barrier Reef, The New Calendonia Barrier Reef, Bahamas Barrier Reef, Red Sea Coral Reef, and Pulley Ridge.
In the Greater Caribbean there are some 500-600 species, while in the Indo-Pacific region as a whole there are perhaps 8-10 times that number.
Some major threats to coral reefs are:
Coral Reefs are the most diverse and beautiful of all marine habitats. Corals are extremely ancient animals that evolved into modern reef-building forms over the last 25 million years.
