Barriers to entry

The Great Barrier Reef has always been listed as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World due to its once natural beauty and sheer scope. Located off the coast of Queensland, Australia, the reef is the largest of its kind. In a graphic published on website The Conversation, the reef is said to contain an estimated 2,900 individual reefs spread over an area of about 133,000 square miles or 344,400 square kilometers (Pressey, Grech, Brodie, Day). It is estimated that the reef contains six…

The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is home to hundreds of species of coral, fish, and other animals. Its total area is roughly the same as that of Italy or Germany. As the world’s largest coral reef ecosystem, the GBR supports more species per unit area than any other marine ecosystem. The reef also contributes around 6 billion dollars annually to Australia’s economy. However, the reef is under considerable stress due to a recently increasing trend in sea temperature, ocean acidification, sea level,…

The Everglades National Park is an amazing region found in the American State of Florida. The Everglades has the largest designated wilderness in the eastern United States. The Everglades is a beautiful place to visit and see real life creatures. There are at least a million visitors that check to the park every year and it is one of the most talked about National parks. It also has the most significant breeding grounds for tropical wading birds. Tropical wading birds are mostly in North America…

The Great Barrier Reef Size: 2300km The Great Barrier Reef is one of Australia’s and the world most recognisable landmarks. The reef is composed of 2900 individual reefs. This natural phenomenon is so big that it is visible from outer space. The Great Barrier Reef is located on the northeast coast of Australia. It covers from the tip of Cape York extending all the way down to the coast of Bundaberg. Biotic Features Animals: The Great Barriers Reef is home to many of the world’s rarest species…

Pomacanthus imperator, is native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, from the Red Sea to Hawaii and the Austral Islands. The species inhabits in a wide geographical range of the world's oceans from the Red Sea all the way east to Australia's Great Barrier Reef and the Hawaiian Islands. In recent years, the species have migrated through the Suez Canal and started to colonize areas in the Mediterranean coast. As a result of aquarium release, some populations of the species have been observed outside…

Queensland Government State leader John Appleseed I am writing to inform you of my concerns for the threatened habitat of The Great Barrier Reef. The Great Barrier Reef is the worlds biggest coral reef. It is home to over 10,000 different species. The Great Barrier reef is also a popular tourist attraction in Queensland with over 2 million visitors each year. The Great Barrier reef is a popular tourist destination because it has some of the most pristine waters in the country. Also it has one of…

populated with a residential community and has many luxury spots. There is an outer shell named the barrier island, it is shaped like a crescent and rests on the exterior. The barrier was built using about 12 million pounds of rocks from a close by mountainous region. It was designed to prevent eroding and the rising of water, without it the island would descend into the ocean. The dimensions of the barrier is three meters high and 160 kilometers in length. The ecosystem was not in good shape…

The Great Barrier Reef is a coastal habitat off the coast of Queensland, Australia. The system is the largest coral reef and living structure in the world, reaching around 2,575 in length. It’s made up of approximately 2,900 individual reefs with 900 islands. The Great Barrier Reef is the perfect habitat for many species of marine life such as coral and over one thousand five hundred species of fish. The reef contains many different life forms such as: fish, sea turtles, giant clams, sea snakes,…

By applying this value to my life, I took a leap of faith and went to two tours: Great Barrier Reef tour and Fraser Island tour. It was quite hard for me to take such step and go alone on tours with people I have never met but later on, it came out to be a hell of a great experience. I met people from America, London, Germany, China, and Taiwan…

Little Barrier Island (2817ha) is a reserve located approximately 75km away from Great Mercury Island while it is not as close to Great Mercury Island as Red Mercury Island is Little Barrier Island is still in the same ecological district (McEwen, 1987) and could possibly represent a greater abundance in the diversity of species. The terrestrial bird…