Biodiversity In The Great Barrier Reef

Biodiversity is the measurement of how abundant variety of species is the population in an ecosystem. Habitats are greatly amplified by how many different species populate the area as the interconnectivity of food chains influences how well an ecosystem works. Not only does biodiversity effect specific ecosystems, it provides for humans as the value of global ecosystem services is estimated at $16-$64 trillion [1] meaning that reduction of biodiversity will result in major financial losses. A reduction of biodiversity effectively means a less profitable system because less is never more and removal of certain components in ecosystems will result in cataclysmic effects to all parts of that food chain as reduction of certain species will result …show more content…
The coral reefs of the world are home to extremely diverse species that rely on the coral reef for many different functions. The Eucrossorhinus dasypogon (tasselled wobbegong) is native to the Great Barrier Reef off of the north coast of Australia and relies on the coral reef for camouflage for hunting as well as for protection from predation from larger fish or marine mammals [4]. Habitat loss from anthropogenic means will result in numbers of Eucrossorhinus dasypogon dropping as they will not have a place that is an integral part of their lives and would likely have a higher predation rate due to the physicality of the shark. In order to keep biodiversity maintenance and sustainability are two factors that must be achieved and in nature without any human contact this can be achieved, with only small factors (like natural disasters) can influence the biodiversity; anthropogenic intervention indirectly can negatively catalyse the rate of systematic natural equilibrium of biodiversity by forcing predation and immigration from an