Coral+Reef+Period+2

**Coral Reef Period 2**
**Facts/characteristics of the Biome:**
 * Fringing reef grow outward from the shore
 * Barrier reefs form a barrier or wall between the ocean and the shoreline
 * Atolls are ring-shaped islands, they grow around sunken volcanoes

**Location of the Biome**:
 * Australia's Great Barrier Reef is the largest known group of coral reefs; its about 1,240 miles long
 * Second largest coral reef can be found off the coast of Belize, in Central America
 * Other places they are found are in Hawaii and the Red Sea
 * Most coral reefs from when the waters are warm (tropical) and shallow can be up to a few yards to many miles

**Consumers/Animals living in the biome** :
 * Plantlike organisms called algae; tiny tubelike animals call corals build the coral reef, many corals are many shapes and bright beautiful colors
 * Some animals you have hurd of are fish, sea turtles, clams, and lobsters live in the coral reef
 * Some animals you might not have hurd of are the Parrotfish, nurse shark, Brittle Starfish, clownfish, lionfish, and angelfish are a few that live in the coral reefs
 * Parrotfish


 * Brittle Starfish


 * Lionfish

**Producers/Plants living in the biome: Corals, Algae, Sea grass beds, and shell fish.**
 * **Corraline algae**

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 * Calcareous Algae
 * Halimeda Agae
 * Pencillus aglae

** Dominant (keystone) species in the biome:Hard Coral, Soft Coral, Hyrdocorals and Octocorals **

**Average Temperature Range for the biome:**
 * **Most coral reefs cannot live in water colder than 61--->68 degrees fahrenheit.**
 * They range from 70--->86 Degrees Fahrenheit.
 * There are some Coral Reefs in the North Atlantic that are colder.

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