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Crabtree Publishing Company

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Megan Kopp

Crabtree Publishing Company

www.crabtreebooks.com

Published in Canada

Crabtree Publishing

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St. Catharines, Ontario

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of Crabtree Publishing Company. In Canada: We acknowledge the nancial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund for our

publishing activities.

Author

Megan Kopp

Publishing plan research and development

Reagan Miller

Editors

Janine Deschenes

Crystal Sikkens

Design

Ken Wright

Tammy McGarr (cover)

Photo research

Janine Deschenes

Crystal Sikkens

Production coordinator and prepress technician

Ken Wright

Print coordinator

Katherine Berti

Illustrations

Barbara Bedell: page 21 (coral with sh)

Katherine Berti: page 21 (sun on coral)

Margaret Amy Salter: page 21 (sea turtle background)

Tiffany Wybouw: page 21 (sea turtle)

Photographs

Thinkstock: pages 7, 8

All other images from Shutterstock

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Kopp, Megan, author

What do you nd in a coral reef? / Megan Kopp.

(Ecosystems close-up)

Includes index.

Issued in print and electronic formats.

ISBN 978-0-7787-2257-1 (bound).--ISBN 978-0-7787-2277-9 (paperback).--

ISBN 978-1-4271-1723-6 (html)

1. Coral reef animals--Juvenile literature. 2. Coral reef biology--

Juvenile literature. 3. Coral reef ecology--Juvenile literature. I. Title.

QH541.5.C7K67 2016 j591.7789 C2015-907988-8

C2015-907989-6

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Kopp, Megan, author.

Title: What do you nd in a coral reef? / Megan Kopp.

Description: New York, New York : Crabtree Publishing Company, [2016] |

Series: Ecosystems close-up | Includes index.

Identiers: LCCN 2015047294 (print) | LCCN 2015047592 (ebook) | ISBN

9780778722571 (reinforced library binding) | ISBN 9780778722779 (pbk.)

| ISBN 9781427117236 (electronic HTML)

Subjects: LCSH: Coral reef animals--Juvenile literature. | Coral reef

ecology--Juvenile literature.

Classication: LCC QL125 .K67 2016 (print) | LCC QL125 (ebook) | DDC

578.77/89--dc23

LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015047294

Published in Australia

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ISBN-13: 978-1-68444-572-1 (e-book)

Contents

What is a Coral Reef? 4

The Coral Reef Ecosystem 6

Life on a Coral Reef 8

Breathing Underwater 10

So much Water, Everywhere! 12

A Seafood Diet 14

Home Sweet Coral Reef 16

Protecting Coral Reefs 18

Reef Know-how 20

A Deeper Understanding 22

Learning More 23

Words to Know and Index 24

What is a Coral

Reef?

Coral is a living animal. All coral animals have soft

bodies. There are two types of coral. One type of coral

grows a hard shell over its body. The other type of

coral does not.

Sea fans are

a type of coral

that does not

grow a hard

shell. They are

soft coral that

move and bend

with the water.

A group of coral with hard shells is called a colony .

New colonies grow on top of old ones. This forms a

coral reef. Each new layer of coral makes the reef

grow larger and larger. A coral reef takes hundreds

of years to form.

Australias Great Barrier Reef is so

big it can be seen from space.

The Coral Reef

Ecosystem

Systems are made up of connected parts. If one part is

missing, it does not work well or at all. An ecosystem

is a type of system made up of all the living and

nonliving things found in one place.

The living and nonliving

things in a coral reef

ecosystem are all connected.

An Underwater System

A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem. It includes

living things such as plants and animals. Living things

grow and change. Plants make new plants. Animals

have babies. Nonliving things are not alive. They do not

change or grow. Water, rocks, and sunlight are some of

the nonliving things found in a coral reef ecosystem.

Fish, plants, and coral

itself are some of the

living things found in a

coral reef ecosystem.

sh

plants

coral

Life on a Coral Reef

Plants and animals need both nonliving and living

things in order to survive, or stay alive. Plants need

sunlight, air, and water to grow. Animals need water,

air, food, and shelter to survive. Plants and animals

can only live in an ecosystem that gives them

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