2006-08-08 22:14:17 · 6 answers · asked by Sheta A 1 in Environment
A coral reef is a type of biotic reef that develops in tropical waters by the growth of coralline algae, hermatypic corals, and other marine organisms. Coral reefs are typically massive biogenic formations of calcium carbonate (limestone) that are deposited within or around the bodies of the inhabitants of the reef as skeletal material. This material gradually accumulates as debris is knitted together by the continued growth of the attached forms living on the reef.
2006-08-08 22:22:44 · answer #1 · answered by V/D West 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
long concretions of dead and living coral that forms a barrier between the open sea and a land mass. they are habitat for thousands of kinds of fish and sea life.
2006-08-09 05:30:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's where there's a sea bed which is covered in different coloured corals sea anenimes well it's just alive with colours.
2006-08-09 05:21:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Accumulated build up of dead crustaceans
2006-08-09 05:18:35 · answer #4 · answered by ed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.uvi.edu/coral.reefer/
2006-08-09 05:19:12 · answer #5 · answered by michael2003c2003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the sea..XD
2006-08-09 06:46:53 · answer #6 · answered by nad 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋