Biomes: Coral Reef

1. Biomes: Coral Reef Great Barrier Reef. One World Assessment. By: Sedoo Iorna

2. My Biome http://www.greatbarrierreefnow.com/files/evening_reef.jpg The Great Barrier reef. Home to many sea creatures.

3. In- Look The Great Barrier Reef is a very polluted and dangerous place for the creatures living under the sea. Many people just dump trash into the reef and the fishes and creatures might get stuck I it and die. It maybe because of struggling too much or it can’t breath any more, since fishes have fins not hands and turtles have flippers for hands so it would be hard for them to escape out of the trashes. Anyway the sea animals deserve respect and therefore, people should treat them right. http://www.anzang.samuseum.sa. gov.au/useruploads/images/2009/ bag_of_food_troy_mayne_resize.jpg

4. Where its located? • The Great Barrier is found at Australia and is a huge island made up of 600 islands all stretched-out to about 3000 different reefs close-by Australia. Many people go there to have a marvelous sea adventure and to see the fish and creatures, in the water.

5. Animals • There are fishes and coral, which coral is made by an animal. The animals really need to be taken care of. http://www.yachtcharterinformation.com/image-files/great-barrier-reef-clown-fish.jpg

6. Plants • In the reef they have tons of plants to keep the animals alive. Some of the plants are: Coral, seaweed and algae. Some of the fishes eat the algae because its like their food.

7. Abiotic Factors • The climate in the Great Barrier reef is sub-tropical in the South, and is more tropical as you head North. There are only two seasons instead of the usual four. The two are the wet and the dry seasons. The wet season come between November into March, when up to two meters can fall over five months. Also sunlight is an Abiotic factor and sunlight helps the algae turn to coral.

8. Abiotic Pictures

9. Biotic Factors • There are countless amounts of biotic things under the reef, that thrive to stay alive by eating and not getting sicknesses from other creatures. The main biotic factors are: Sponges, corals and anemones, fish, sharks, crustaceans (crabs, shrimp, lobsters) tropical fish ( trigger fish, sea cucumbers, and sea urchins) marine reptiles ( sea turtle, sea snakes, marine iguanas) rays and sharks ( great white, leopard, hammerhead, tiger, sting ray, manta ray) are all biotic factors of the Great Barrier Reef.

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11. Medicines and Cures • Some coral is being experimented on to see if it can cure diseases such as cancer, AIDS, asthma, and arthritis or replace bones.

12. Bad Environment • The Great Barrier reef has many deaths of animals because the water is too polluted and the creatures can escape from the trashes in their homes. They get stuck or they might eat something that is terrible for their stomachs and affects their bodies.

13. Much Better • For the fishes to have a better environment, we have to take care and not be lazy to just think its alright to throw any thing into the reef. Anyhow, on creature might get stuck in the mess we thought was little but turns out to be big for the environment. Lets make it better!