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Title: Coral Reefs


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Coral Reefs
  • Rainforests of the Sea

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  • Coral reefs formed more than 500 million years
    ago
  • They cover less than 0.2 of the ocean floor
  • They contain 25 of the oceans species

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  • Coral is an invertebrate (without a backbone)
    animal
  • There are over 2500 species of coral, of which
    1000 are
  • reef building or hard coral

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Most coral reefs are located between 200N and
200S of the equator Coral thrive in shallow,
clear sunlit saltwater between 790 and 810
F They are found in water depths of less than
30 feet
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3 Types of Reefs
  • Fringing Reefs
  • Barrier Reefs
  • Atolls

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Fringing Reefs
  • They grow directly from the shoreline of the
    continent

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Barrier Reefs
  • They are found further out from the land,
    separated from the shore by a stretch of
    protected water-a lagoon

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Atolls
  • These are offshore ring-like formations that
    surround a shallow, central lagoon
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