In other words, reefs as we know them - and the habitats and greater ecosystems they support — will be gone. (businessinsider.com)
They are also easy to move; there is an entire ecosystem supporting them. (treehugger.com)
The Global Biodiversity Outlook 4 (CBD 2014), while finding some improvements in temperate and developed parts of the world and the ongoing enlargement of the protected - area estate, also presented evidence of climate - induced effects on biodiversity; the increased spread of diseases and invasive biota; declines in species living in forests, reefs, and many other habitats; and the conversion of ecosystems supporting many kinds of life to ones with singular human uses. (academic.oup.com)