rainforests of the oceans, because of the rich diversity of life they support. Scientists have not yet

finished counting the thousands of different species of plants and animals that use or live in the coral

reef. There are three types of coral reefs: fringing reefs, barrier reefs, and atolls. Fringing reefs

are located close to shore, separated from land by only shallow water. Barrier reefs lie farther

offshore, separated from land by lagoons more than ten meters deep. Atolls, on the other hand, are

formed far offshore and they make a ring-shaped reef that close a circular lagoon. Coral reefs are the

largest biological structures on the planet, with the largest being the Great Barrier Reef covering over

2000 kilometers along the east coast of Australia (Focus, 1995). The reef is said to be 500,000 to

2,500,000 years old and is said to be visible from the moon.(Scientif!

ic, 1987). There is only one problem with this beautiful structure and that is the carelessness of man.

Silt from deforested lands and pollution from crowded coastlines choke them, and overuse by coal miners,

fisheries, and even tourists deplete

many resorts to the area who also want to get into fun and making a little money in the $1 billion

allows the reef to survive in nutrient-poor tropical seas. This relationship is sensitive to such

The coral reefs can provide great things to mankind if they are taken from the corals with care

In the watershed of Bacuit Bay in the Philippines, deforestation inc!

productive fisheries in the ocean, 10 to 100 times higher per unit area that of the deep ocean (

as a factor. The pollution is caused by fisheries, oil spills, deforestation, tourists, and even reckless

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