CORAL+REEF

You and your partners names:  Caitlin & Laurel

Title of biome:  Coral Reef

Introduction: Considered to be one of the most diverse/ complex biomes. Corals, besides humans, are the only animals that can build structures that can be seen by space.



Definition:  According to goggle definitions “Coral Reefs are aragonite structures produced by living animal colonies, found in marine waters containing few nutrients. In most healthy reefs, stony corals are predominant. Stony corals are built from colonial polyps that secrete an exoskeleton of calcium carbonate.”

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Biotic Factors (animals, plants, algae, etc. living things):  Coral  Algae  Fish  Molluscs  Echinoderms  Sponges

Abiotic Factors (rain, wind, temperature, location, soil quality, seasons): No rain/ wind because underwater <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Usually warm <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Many all over the world <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">No soil <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Just two seasons, wet season and dry season

<span style="color: #fa40aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Additional Info. (any famous landmarks, famous types of your biome ex- Sahara Desert, anything well-known in biome, how is biodiversity, etc. make it interesting!!)

Great Barrier Reef is the only natural structure that you can see from space

algae keeps live coral and dead coral stuck together

some coral reefs are so small that you can't even see them



Resources :

http://www.wildernessclassroom.com/hsmb/bahamas-library/?gclid=COuJxYn_m6UCFctL5QodWWq4Gg

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibits/biomes/marine.php