Coral reefs

Coral reef. Ecosystem of high sensitivity and complexity, formed by solid calcium carbonate structures that grow on the seabed, colonized by the development of stony or hermatypic corals, reef-forming, linked to calcareous red algae , soft or ahermatypic corals and other marine organisms . It …

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Ningaloo Reef

Ningaloo Reef. On the east west coast of Australia, far from the Great Barrier Reef or Coral Reef, there is another lesser known and smaller reef called Ningaloo Reef, located 1200 kilometers north …

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Mesoamerican Reef

Mesoamerican Reef. Stretching 1,000 km along the coasts of Honduras , Guatemala , Belize and Mexico, it is the longest coral reef in the Western Hemisphere . It includes an abundant variety of beaches and dunes , coastal wetlands, lagoons , forests of mangroves , beds of seagrass beds and coral reefs . Summary [ hide ] 1 Location 2 Biodiversity 1 Other …

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Biotic reef

Biotic reef. They are among the best known and sought after in the features world under the water . Although the definition of a reef in nautical terms can encompass a wide range of aquatic structures located below the …

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Common guillemot

Common Guillemot (Uria aalge). It is a species of Charadriiform bird of the Alcidae family native to Europe . He is doing very badly on land , frequently helping himself with his wings. It feeds on fish that …

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Anthropogenic

Anthropogenic. Also called anthropic, it refers to the environmental effect caused by the action of man, unlike those that have natural causes without human influence. It is normally used to describe environmental …

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