Thursday, May 19, 2011

Coral Reefs

So coral reefs are usually found in warm shallow waters right?? Correct, well I went to one for the first time in Australia, yeah the Great Barrier Reef.  It was amazing!I had no idea there was a difference between hard coral and soft coral, but apparently there is.  I also learned that different organisms live in the coral reef.  You have producers like gastropods and phytoplankton.  There are also many different varieties of consumers such as the nurse shark, pufferfish, octopus, and the angelshark. They also have their fair share of detritivores with their different species snails, mollusks, and bacteria.  I had an awesome time learning about coral reefs.

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