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Fringing reef
2. Patch reef
3. Barrier reef
4. Atoll
Atol
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Environmental need
Temperature
: Moderately constant in range 260 -290C.
Salinity : at 32-34% slightly below world ocean average
and
subject to seasonal variations
Clarity
: Improves with distance from shore
Runoff :
Prolific silt/suspended fines from rivers bordering
the sea or strait
Storm :
Seasonal monsoon patterns impact runoff,
turbulence and clarity
Human activity : Overfishing and mining on reef, transportation and
marine pollution
Adaptability
: Low tolerance at molecular, organism, population or
community level to the wide spectrum of bio
physicostresses associated with eutrophication.
Result : Many reef tracts now functionally dead. Animalalgal
symbiont associations replace by a benthic
heterotrophic
community dominated by filter feeding and deposit feeding benthos
typical muddy environment.
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