Reef aquarium

that they need for food. The reason it is called bleaching is because when this happens, the coral loses all of its color. In Hawaii, the coral reef plays a significant role in protecting the beaches form erosion. If there is beach erosion, it will cost from 250 million to as much as 6 billion dollars to repair. Presently, even though the coral reef in Hawaii has experienced bleaching, it is in pretty good condition, but if we don’t attempt to make changes, the condition will get worse,…

ecosystems. It will start with the coastal ecosystems. Coastal ecosystems are the areas, which meet the land and water together to create an environment. It includes the tropical coral reefs, inshore marine habitats, mangroves, salt marshes, and dunes & maritime forests; but one decided to choose the tropical coral reefs, because…

there are plenty of small ways that everyone can help limit coral bleaching, this includes everything from conserving more water which leads to less oceanic runoff to contacting your local government representative and expressing your concern for the reefs, there stands one major ‘solution’ to the problem of bleaching- preventing climate change. While this may seem like a daunting and near-impossible task at first glance, there are several things that every human being can do on an individual…

Defeo, McLachlan et al examine what makes sandy shoreline habitats unique among other types of shorelines. Their article looks at threats to beaches, from weather patterns, to extreme storms, as well as man made structures and failed attempts at beach rehabilitation. The article makes a point that long-term information about the on-going changes in beach habitats is often hard to come by, and what information can be found is very short-term, geologically speaking. They suggest that in order to…

The reading material and lecture discuss several theories about ways that agnostids live. The writer presents several theories including free-swimming predators, seafloor dwellers and parasites. However, the professor put forward three reasons that directly contradict the theories and effectively prove that they are not persuadsive and somewhat inaccurate. First of all, the writer suggests that agnostids can swim freely in the ocean. By contrast, in accordance with the professor, this veiw is…

any other inhabits the shallow tidal reefs or North-Western Australia and New Guinea. {1} It is in my eyes a creature like no other, able to withstand cyclic periods of extreme hypoxia{2} and has developed the ability to walk on land from one tide pool to the next.{3} I believe that this particular Teleost shows adaptive evolution right before our eyes. The oceans tide rises and falls twice daily, therefore the organisms living in this dynamic sea shore or reef environment must adapt to cope…

Horsefield Tortoise is a small species of tortoises that people love. These little reptiles only reach the maximum size of 8 inches and that is for females as males are known to only reach about 6.5 inches. Their shell color can vary from a dark brown to an olive green in color. These neat tiny species of turtles that are a cool pet to have if it is what you’re looking for. Life Expectancy When keeping this animal as a pet, it is important to realize that these tortoises live for a very long…

The three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) is a species of fish that exhibits a wide range of morphological variation within its subspecies, which typically fit into two categories, anadromous (spawn in freshwater, migrate from saltwater) and freshwater varieties. Saltwater marine varieties of the fish typically have two dorsal spines, along with a pelvic spine. These spines, as studies have shown, act as a defense mechanism against soft-mouthed predators, by increasing the diameter…

Do you know that there are almost two million marine species are estimated to exist in the ocean? Ocean, or marine, is the hometown of some of people. But we are still discovering and learning this familiar and unfamiliar biomes. The location, temperature, characteristic and dwellers are quite differ with other biomes on the earth. Ocean is the biggest part on the earth. There 71% of area on the earth have been covered by the ocean. The ocean entailed the 97% of liquid on the earth. “The oceans…

Sixty genera of coral have a symbiotic relationship with the algae zooxanthellae. Only some deepwater and cold water corals can survive without them. This symbiotic relationship benefits both organisms,the zooxanthellae provides the coral with glycerol, glucose and alanine and the coral provides the zooxanthellae with nitrogen and protection against predators. The degree to which the organisms depend on one another vary between species. The zooxanthellae algae gives the coral a yellow-brown or…