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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Symbiosis and Coral Anatomy

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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What is a Coral Reef? Elementary School

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Overfishing and sedimentation have heavily impacted this reef off the coast of Guam.
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Coral Reef in Distress

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Coral Adaptations Inquiry Lab

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A rendering of an underwater marine scene depicting life ~145-65 million years ago, when rudist clams were the major reef builders.
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Long Before Coral, Mollusks Built the Ocean's Reefs

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A healthy and vibrant coral reef in Papua New Guinea.
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A Healthy Coral Reef

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Coral reefs provide food for swarms of fish, both large and small.
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Coral Reef in the Florida Keys

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A Coral Reef Watch satellite monitors the temperature of the world’s oceans.
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Coral Reef Watch Satellite

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Sea Surface Temperature and Coral Bleaching

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In this photo of a shallow coral reef in the Pacific there are three species of forams. Their colors come from the symbiotic algae that live inside the foram shells.
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Shallow Coral Reef Foraminifers

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A squat lobster and blackbelly rosefish find shelter on a Lophelia pertusa coral reef off the southeastern United States.
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Coral Reef Lobster and Fish

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Sea bass flock to a tropical coral reef in the Red Sea.
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Coral Reef Ecosystem, Red Sea

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