Sentences with phrase «dependent on coral»

Coral reefs provide food and habitat for other species, including a wide range of fish, and protect coastlines from large waves.3 Reefs such as the one in Biscayne National Park — visited by more than 400,000 people in 2009 — also support tourism.4 More than 100 million people worldwide are directly economically dependent on coral reefs, according to estimates.6

Other circumstances that have high plausibility of accelerating extinctions include climatically induced loss of keystone species, collateral loss of species not necessarily affected by climate directly but dependent on species removed by climate change (for example, the myriad species dependent on coral - building species, see below), and phenology mismatches (disruption of the links between a species» yearly cycle and the seasons)(Dawson et al., 2011; NRC, 2011a).

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Some 500 million people depend in some way on coral reefs for food and income, and the livelihoods of another 30 million are entirely dependent on reefs.

Professor Chris Perry from Geography at the University of Exeter said: «Our study shows that the future health and growth potential of coral reefs is of course in part dependent on rates of coral carbonate production, but that it is equally dependent, on the species that live in and on them, and which act to erode carbonate.

Recent studies suggest that coral reefs, however, are just as dependent on these fish for key nutrients that help coral grow.

All coral reef islands are inherently dependent on their surrounding reef habitats, not only because they provide the foundations for island development (Perry et al., 2013), but also because they are the primary production sites for the sediments necessary to sustain island building, growth, and maintenance.

For coral reefs, the most concerning implication of ocean acidification is its effects on coral growth, coralline algae and rates of chemical erosion of reef substrate, which can have significant impacts on the dependent fish communities.

They are home to cold - water coral reefs and forests, sponge beds and hydrothermal vents, as well as the many millions of species dependent on these.

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Where there are coral reefs, there are lots of fish, so that means many fish populations are dependent on the health of these reefs — and many humans too.

Coral reef loss, due to the same factors as in the Caribbean, is a major worldwide problem — with dire consequences on the communities dependent on them.

Whether they live on the coral reef or within the sea - grass, fish are accustomed to and dependent on the stability of the water's temperature.

In South Africa, fisheries could be affected by changes in estuaries, coral reefs and upwelling; with those that are dependent on the first two ecosystems being the most vulnerable (Clark, 2006).

Proving that the relationship between coral reefs and fish are much more complex and enduring, scientists have discovered that corals reefs are as much dependent on fish.

Marine species that are dependent on calcium carbonate, like shellfish, seastars and corals, may find it difficult to build their shells and skeletons under ocean acidification.

«The results also highlight the lack of connectivity between different habitats on a single reef, such as shallow and deep water, which has important implications under future climate change scenarios, as coral reefs will be largely dependent on neighbouring areas for their recovery.»

However, we demonstrated that there is specialisation of the coral host to particular reef environments, with each strain of coral host associating only with particular types of symbiotic algae... the results also highlight the lack of connectivity between different habitats on a single reef, such as shallow and deep water, which has important implications under future climate change scenarios, as coral reefs will be largely dependent on neighbouring areas for their recovery.

The systems and sectors are some ecosystems (tundra, boreal forest, mountain, mediterranean - type, mangroves, salt marshes, coral reefs and the sea - ice biome), low - lying coasts, water resources in some dry regions at mid-latitudes and in the dry topics and in areas dependent on snow and ice melt, agriculture in low - latitude regions, and human health in areas with low adaptive capacity.

Acidification particularly threatens species dependent on calcium carbonate (a chemical compound that drops as the ocean acidifies) such as coral reefs, marine mollusks, and even some plankton.