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Importance of coral reefs.

Coral reefs are important for many reasons.They provide shelter and protection for many different species of fish.They also protect coasts from strong currents and waves by slowing down the water before it gets to the shore.Coral reefs contain the largest variety of species of marine life in a very tiny area, and produce more living biomass than any other marine ecosystem. Coral reefs provide many free economic and environmental services, which make them the most valuable of all marine ecosystems in most countries . They are very important in controlling how much carbon dioxide is in the ocean water. Without them, the amount of carbon dioxide in the water would rise dramatically and that would affect all living things on Earth,not only that,fishes will also be left homeless.

posted by TheReefsLife's @ 7:05 AM