Great Barrier Reef

different species. Coral reefs also protect our coast lines from different storms and hurricanes and also prevent erosion for our beaches. They also provide a habitat for all different kinds or species in the marine ecosystem. Coral reefs are a huge part in the marine ecosystem that's why we try so hard to take care of them and protect them so not only does it benefit the creatures in the ocean it also benefits us providing some people with jobs to protect the coral reefs. People are also very…

Starfish move using a water vascular system. Water comes into the system via the madreporite. It is then circulated from the stone canal to the ring canal and into the radial canals. The madreporite is a rounded plate on the aboral surface of the central disc in inter-radial position. Its surface bears a number of narrow, straight or wavy grooves or furrows. Each furrow contains many minute pores at its bottom. Each pore leads into a very short, fine, tubular pore-canal. The pore-canals unite…

marine tropical coral reef system. Pertaining to the article, the coral reef system is complex and hard to reconstruct without altering the physical conditions and species that rely on it. As this study states, many of the causes for the loss of the coral reefs may be due to natural environmental factors such as the temperature changes but other causes are human influenced, such as tourisms near coral reefs. This article focuses on the reconstruction of tropical coral reefs with natural…

The Elkhorn Coral Mystery Many scientist that discover water know what elkhorn coral is. Many scientist also wonder what kills the elkhorn coral well, I'm here to tell you. Scientist believe the human waste that's in the water kills the coral. In my opinion I feel that the human waste is a killer to the coral. Many people swim in the water, they could have diseases and sicknesses that could kill the coral. The environment that the coral lives in could be dirty with all of the bacteria that…

Ocean acidification is detrimental to calcium carbonate life. As CO2 is absorbed into the ocean, it has a chemical reaction with water and forms carbonic acid, lowering the pH. This acid reacts with the calcium carbonate that many shellfish need to build their homes and protection, forming a different type of molecule, and depleting the ocean’s calcium carbonate resources. While it was obvious in our lab that our four mollusks, wrinkled drill, cowrie, small oyster, and large oyster, were to be…

Coral reefs provide nearly $30 billion each year in net benefits in goods and services to world economies, including, tourism, fisheries and coastal protection, but that number could diminish greatly very soon (Cesar et al. 2003). In fact, 30% of coral reefs are at risk of being lost in about the next thirty years. Millions depend on coral reefs for nutrition and income, and if the coral reefs suffer, it is very likely that people who rely on coral reef ecosystems will suffer as well.…

life forms, and many that have yet to be discovered. Although, we can learn a lot in the classroom environment, there is no better way to understand the marine environment than to physically explore it. The field trip to Virginia Key Beach Park was a great experience. The park is located minutes from downtown Miami and just off the Rickenbacker Causeway. Me being from Texas I had to do some research for the history of the park. Virginia Key’s history beings in 1896 when the City of Miami was…

Business Insider tells “there are 228,450 known species in the ocean — and as many as 2 million more that remain a total mystery” (Reuters).The World Book Encyclopedia states Marine Biology is “is the study of organisms that live in the sea.”(Garrison). Marine biologist pay attention to detail, and it is their main purpose to become more knowledgeable about a species and their habitats. It can range from different jobs such as simply observing, to things more complicated like discovering a new…

Intro: Coral reefs are diverse underwater ecosystems held together by calcium carbonate structures secreted by corals. They are built by colonies of tiny animals found in marine waters that contain few nutrients and deliver ecosystem services to tourism, fisheries, and shoreline protection. Diadema species are common throughout their range and may be found on reef, sand, and rubble, and sometimes in large aggregations. There are several distinct genotypes of Diadema and this paper will talk…

Some may have helped create a new invasive species, others may have even assisted the government in limiting their population. Lionfish are one such example of a common invasive species.The lionfish are the coral reefs’ worst invasive species. While they are native to the Pacific and Indian Oceans, they now live along the southeast coast of the United States, the Caribbean, and in parts of the Gulf of Mexico. How did they get there? Marine specialists assume that…