Coral+Reef

Coral Ree Biome Period 3

Marcus Staver Steve Lauver

Welcome To The Coral Reef
The coral reef is located in above and near the equator. Its home is in mostly all tropical waters in the pacific, Atlantic, and Indian ocean. Its average temperature is 27 degrees Celsius to 29 degrees Celsius.



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THE GREAT BARRIER REEF

Queensland, Austrailia

The Great Barrier Reef is home to 25% of all Marine Species. Here animals thrive in over 2900 individual reefs, 900 islands, and 2,600 square miles of reef. Its colorful scenery, abundance of marine life, and extensiveness makes it the largest reef in the world.



Slide #3: A Trip To The Coral Reef For a trip to this magnificent biome, you would need a lot of supplies and an open mind. Scuba gear, photography items, a wetsuit, and a body that’s ready to experience one of the most amazing sights in the ocean are the necessary items you’ll need on a trip to the Coral Reef. You could explore the thousands of types of fish and other organisms that call their home the Coral Reef. Most of these fish the common person has never seen before in their lives, so an adventurer should seize the opportunity to explore and discover many things that they never knew about.

Slide 4 Parrot Fish ·  Shallow waters, live on the bottom of coral reef ·  Black tip reef shark, groupers, mackerel, and other carnivorous fish ·  Parrot fish use their teeth to gather algae from the coral. As they grow they will begin to eat smaller fish for a primary food source ·  Parrot fish live for about 10 years in the wild, but can live to 15 years in captivity.



Slide 5 Manta Ray ·  The manta ray swims above the coral reef capturing plankton through filtration ·  The manta ray has one major predator in the biome which includes the tiger shark. ·  Primary food sources for the manta ray are plankton



Slide 6 Black tip shark ·  Black tip shark swim above the coral reef in hopes to find food ·  The black tip shark has no predators in its habitat because it’s considered one of the largest sharks and is at the top of the food chain in its biome ·  Primary food sources include small bony fish such as parrot fish, mackerel, and other small sharks



Slide #7: ALGAE

 ·   3,000 Types of Algae  ·   Two types Unicellular and Multicellular  ·   Algae forms in wet, moist areas such as the ocean and the rainforest  ·   Algae forms symbiotic relationships with other organisms. Algae provides the photosynthates for the other algae organisms to protect its algal cells.  ·   Algae forms oxygen when undergoing photosynthesis Slide #8: SEAGRASS

 ·   Grows usually underwater in marine environments  ·   Only several types of organisms feed on seagrass because of its lack of nutrition. Things that do eat seagrass include dugongs, manatees, fish, geese, sea urchins, and crabs. Slide #9: GROUPER

 ·   Grouper fish are in the same family as sea bass  ·   Groupers feed on fish, lobster, octopus, and crab  ·   Grouper is found in shallow tropical saltwaters in the coral reef  ·   Not many animals predate the goliath grouper because of its large size. One grouper weighed up to 345 pounds! Slide #10: INVASIVE SPECIES Algal invasion is one of the most common invasive species in a coral reef. Although there are many species of fish that do feed on algae, the overgrowth of this fungus may become too large for the fish to maintain. Once algae grows too large, there is no stopping it and soon, algal invasion strikes.

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The coral Reef and the Rainforest are alike in many ways, but also a lot different. They both contain many different organic and animal life and are also very spectacular in color. However, the rainforest is above water and contains thousands of air breathing animals. The coral reef houses many marine life and some mammals. The plant life in the rainforest include many different trees and plants that recieve some sunlight. The plants in the coral reef are underwater but are in the photic zone, so they recieve optimal sunlight for maximum growth.



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