PPT-PIRO Coral Reef Ecosystem Management Needs

Gerry Davis PIRO Habitat ARA PIFSC External Review April 2016 Management Uses of PIFSC Data to date Showed resource status linkage to human population densities Pacificwide ecosystem . By: Tatiana Smith. Background of this slide . http://foolishmind.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/coral-reef-red.jpg. Where are coral reefs found?. Coral Reefs can be found where the red dots are located in the world map. Here is a picture of a coral reef:. Part I. Section 5. Invertebrate marine animal. A polyp that begins to form an exoskeleton. CO. 2. & Ca in the water to make calcium carbonate (CaCO. 3. ) aka limestone. Sessile – immobile. Form colonies. Global location’s. In the world there are Coral Reefs in. Southeast . Asia . The . Pacific including . Australia.. And in the . Atlantic and . Caribbean. Temperature and . Precipitation . ranges. . By Harsha Lakamsani. Introduction. Coral Reefs are made of limestone structures of dead and living stony coral. Coral polyps are formed by red and green coralline algae. Coral gets color from . zooxanthellae. Handley et al “Geography Focus Stage 4” Pearson: Sydney p82. “The Rainforests of the Sea”. We need to study the interactions that exist within coral reefs so they we can make recommendations to ensure these ecosystems exist in the future. 7th Grade UBD - . Unit . 8– . The Pacific Realm and Oceania. Basic Facts About Coral Reefs. Coral reefs contain some of the largest diversity of life in the world. They are home to thousands of different plants and animals. For example, coral reefs in the Florida Keys sustain 500 species of fish, more than 1,700 species of mollusks, five species of sea turtles, and hundreds of species of sponges.. PROJECT IS DUE OCTOBER . 29th. NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS. . PART 1. Ecosystem Description! . Choose an ecosystem that you would like to learn more about from one of the Earth’s 6 major ecosystems- (Desert, Grassland, Tundra, Forest, Tropical Rain Forest, Coral Reef)! Then, research your ecosystem on these websites: . S., 11, 1909 every way to the Piro themselves. On Piro villages, roved hostile More remote southern and eastern neighbors Piro were and Sumas, the great largely as a result violent inroads New Mexico, The Andros Barrier Reef: . Value, threats and management. Focus Task. Identify the 3 conditions needed for coral growth. . Location. Describe. the location of the Andros Barrier Reef. . The Andros Barrier Reef is . Getting started. With this GEO resource you will be learning about the location and biodiversity of . coral reefs. , their value to us and the environment and threats affecting global reefs today. We will also investigate the response to such threats in term of management.. .  . Information about Coral Reefs. Coral reefs are made from animals that live in the same place their entire lives. . Corals . need shallow, clear, warm water to survive. . Most . corals live with algae, which are tiny, plant-like organisms that need sunlight to grow.   . Ali Golshani*, Tom . Baldock, . David . Callaghan, Peter . Nielsen. Peter Mumby, Megan Saunders, Javier Patino, Stuart Phinn, Sarah . Hamylton. Theme 10A: Modeling Reef Futures. 9 July 2012. How does climate change alter island reef protection?. http://www.biohabitats.com/ndg_newsite/newsletter/images/2008winter/Odum.jpg. http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/103320000/103321579.jpg. “. Whenever my family visited anybody I’d disappear under the house to study their plumbing.”. Jonathan L.W. . Ruppert. , Mike Travers, Marie-. Josée. Fortin and . Mark G. . Meekan. High numbers sharks – high coral cover, absent – low coral cover. Changes in trophic structure of fish communities.