CORAL+REEF

You and your partners' names: Alexis

 Title of biome: Coral Reef

 Introduction: Coral Reefs are known as the diverse and productive than their land equivalents.

 Definition: a reef consisting of coral consolidated into limestone .

 Map of biome:  Biotic Factors (animals, plants, algae, etc. living things):
 * zooxanthellae
 * algae and seagrasses are the most plants found in the coral reef
 * sea jellies
 * sea urchins
 * sponges
 * worms
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">rays
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">lobsters
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">snails
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">sea anemones

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Abiotic Factors (rain, wind, location, soil quality, seasons):
 * water temperature includes between 25 and 310C
 * It includes high light exposure.
 * The salinity contains 34 and 37 parts per 1000.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Additional Info. (any famous landmarks, famous types of your biome ex- Sahara Desert, anything well-known in biome, how is biodiversity, etc. make it interesting!!) Mostly found in:
 * the Caribbean
 * Florida
 * Brazil
 * Coral Reefs are apart of the phylum Cnidaria and share that with jellyfish.
 * because of global warming many coral reefs have died.

__ http://www.buzzle.com/articles/coral-reefs-coral-plants-and-animals.html __ __ http://www.thewildclassroom.com/biomes/coralreef.html __ __ http://coris.noaa.gov/about/what_are/ __ __ http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/students/coral/coral2.htm __ __ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/05/warming-coral.html __