The range is home to a number of important conservation targets which include, but are not limited to, at least 2
marine fish spawning aggregation sites, a breeding population of the endangered American Crocodile, and a number of threatened coastal
marine habitats including the greater reef
complex itself, beach forests that support several important species of resident and migratory birds and at least 2 species of
marine turtles are believed to nest on the range.
At stake, added Ove Hoegh - Guldberg, director of the Center for
Marine Studies at the University of Queensland, Australia, and the study's senior author, are ecosystems that play vital roles in providing habitats for a vast array of marine species that are essential to the oceans» complex food
Marine Studies at the University of Queensland, Australia, and the study's senior author, are ecosystems that play vital roles in providing
habitats for a vast array of
marine species that are essential to the oceans» complex food
marine species that are essential to the oceans»
complex food chain.