Reef Ecosystems
Benefits of coral reef ecosystems. Coral reefs protect coastlines from storms and erosion, provide jobs for local communities, and offer ...
Reef - National Geographic Education
This aquatic ecosystem is a coral reef off the shores of Papua New Guinea in the Pacific Ocean. Coral reefs are one of the most diverse and ...
Basic Information about Coral Reefs | US EPA
Coral reefs provide habitat for a large variety of marine life, including various sponges, oysters, clams, crabs, sea stars, sea urchins, and many species of ...
Reef Ecosystems - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
A healthy reef protects coastlines from wave damage, plays a critical role in providing food, boosts the economy, and provides materials for ...
Coral Reefs Ecology & Biodiversity
We work with communities and partners around the world to keep coral reefs healthy, so they can survive for generations to come.
Coral Reef Ecosystems - Reef Relief
The health, abundance and diversity of the organisms that make up a coral reef is directly linked to the surrounding terrestrial and marine environments.
Coral Reef Ecosystems Resource Collection
Coral reefs are one of the most important ecosystems on our planet that protect and foster biodiversity. The diversity of locations and reef types makes ...
Biodiversity - Coral Reef Alliance
Coral reefs are believed by many to have the highest biodiversity of any ecosystem on the planet—even more than a tropical rainforest. Occupying less than one ...
Experimental biology of coral reef ecosystems - ScienceDirect.com
This review focuses on some recent advances in the experimental biology of coral reef ecosystems, and in particular scleractinian corals, at all levels of ...
Coral Reef Ecosystems under Climate Change and Ocean ...
Coral reefs are facing significant challenges from human activities including pollution, over-harvesting, physical destruction, and climate change.
Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems Program
Breadcrumb ... The Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems (CCRE) Program is a long-term field site dedicated to investigations of coral reefs and associated mangroves, ...
Tropical Coral Reef Ecosystems - YouTube
coralreef #ecosystems #ngscience Learn all about the most ecologically diverse marine ecosystems – tropical coral reefs.
Mitigating the ecological collapse of coral reef ecosystems
Global warming is decimating coral reefs. We need to implement mitigation and restoration strategies now to prevent coral reefs from disappearing altogether.
Analysis Ecological goods and services of coral reef ecosystems
Coral reefs function as important spawning, nursery, breeding and feeding areas for a multitude of organisms. Being one of the most species-rich habitats of the ...
Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems Program
The Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems (CCRE) Program is a long-term field site dedicated to investigations of coral reefs and associated mangroves, seagrass ...
Vulnerability to collapse of coral reef ecosystems in the Western ...
We show that WIO coral reefs are vulnerable to collapse at the regional level, while in 11 nested ecoregions they range from critically ...
How Plants and Animals Create Coral Reef Ecosystems - YouTube
Coral reefs are the most diverse of all marine ecosystems. They teem with life, with about one-quarter of all ocean species depending on ...
All About Coral & Coral Reefs - Reef Ecosystem - SeaWorld.org
Both schooling and solitary fishes are essential residents of the reef ecosystem. Fishes play a vital role in the reef's food web, acting as both predators and ...
Coral Reef Ecosystems | SEA LIFE London Aquarium
All manner of marine life uses the coral reefs to find food and shelter, reproduce and raise their young. As a result, coral reef ecosystems ...
A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of colonies of coral polyps held together by calcium ...