Protecting Our Coral Reefs
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What are Coral Reefs? | Purposes | What's Happening? | Helpful Organizations | Related Links kim marques
What Lives In the Coral Reefs?
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Our Coral Reefs Are In Trouble!!
Coral Reefs are some of the most valuable and beautiful places on Earth. We need these reefs to provide food, jobs, protection from storms, and billions of dollars in revenue for local communities and national economies. Yet our coral reefs are in danger!! Corals and coral reefs are extremely sensitive. Slight changes in the reef environment may have detrimental effects on the health of entire coral colonies. These changes may be due to a variety of factors, but they generally fall within two categories: natural disturbances and anthropogenic disturbances. Although natural disturbances may cause severe changes in coral communities, anthropogenic disturbances have been linked to the vast majority of decreases in general colony health when coral reefs and humans occur together. Careless sewage dumping and recreational activities have caused increased destruction to these spectacular reefs.
This Website is dedicated to informing people about coral reefs and the importance of preserving them.
This is a Picture of the reefs of Kaneohe bay In Hawaii
Within each page on this website, feel free to click on the pictures to the lefthand side. Each picture will link you to information about the fish and animals that live in the coral reefs. Below the Homepage title are links that you can click on for more information about coral reefs, their purposes, what's happening to them, and organizations that are helping to restore them. Other related links to coral reefs are also provided. Thankyou for visiting this website. It is my first time making a website so please sign the guestbook and tell me what you think!!
