"Os
recifes de coral crescem na região
fótica de mares tropicais, de forte ação de ondas, forte o suficiente para manter disponível na coluna d´água alimento e oxigêncio dissolvido. Os recifes de coral também dependem de águas rasas, limpas, mornas e pobres em nutrientes para crescer. Os
corais são organismos coloniais que em sua maioria constroem esqueletos calcários. Tais esqueletos são responsáveis pela estrutura rochosa chamada
recifes de coral."
Fonte:
http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recife_de_coral![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sRtFvOaCrPDA72_zNXUrG86Z5iyHbgq3rc-IB_ufVxwesbnc_Esj7b-_TmyTvJigLoCDlMEHm7xwe5OjJSgXYloWhju4t9BLddQ8OtM6ah6Td2hjq8Q72z0weTy7yzyUo=s0-d)
Fonte: http://snebulos.mit.edu/projects/crm/pictures/coral_reef1.jpg
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_s4QeP8WagYsZeG84WV1lHF0-0fu7hnYUXAU19m8H_pg2eBOb7yAUEaZGy6097HuKjCLrsZXO2H-hzk8PdFTAKlIG5AkcoggfhxyMXVpGnupZDbzKbKbulY6NbQtTv8KRh7WqNgQbqwPjv9LuklFxLNSlvR1bc6O2nxSSpIP-z3m6hkmojM_CWkFNoy=s0-d)
Fonte: http://www.coralcoe.org.au/news_stories/butterflyextinction/images/Damselfish%20on%20bleached%20coral.jpg
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sZ5sdmBVrVVvCB3Wn_NUe3pnVQ0rFTwHXFUxZnb8RvcRg3z7R0jo9m1vlhMMzmVFeKeVx5g0qxl4eYa1bprNspsYmeb_vbyTJ8o6TvREKy5hY=s0-d)
Fonte: http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/bigs/reef2585.jpg
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uTom69HOjxVRF2MfsOGtGjUFG90QdTYC2K5AwXsxF5_ewfXLvaOJ0O9PE-FDGndDg0KIuSUpoa1Uc1SP7HkjB1ZWYtygl2NLqNA29AdtRY7LHWqT0PG_CI1fTDwej3b-skYlmlpg=s0-d)
Fonte: http://www.noaa.gov/features/climate/images/fig1_reef_fullsize.jpg
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_saiRFGuUjVYIOEpaY-acfxCcfXiVdb1ErEmESpcWJD0E_Qk-S1fsiIgbdbJipdZ-n1Fm76ZZswJbZ4o9xmSEJFe1NLEvXH3OLbEO2lyQPcQSpsgqairzlGCtkiPGPCVOFbLf-3rKrEcVIp4A=s0-d)
Fonte: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Coral_reefs_papua.JPG
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vRgIaC3zt_4VGi9XBOfFafeICNJk1CV3KajitnsQEfr7tJByscKlBpz-9Czu2pIaJgCy9O0yWGnTbafOxeZkHODOyFz7Rq7QuNitFcjINtDYRPgUY=s0-d)
Fonte: http://www.entrix.com/images/news/originals/7.jpg
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sW2nlVkSoF7WCggU3qI5eliFqYKZXIz4_Hf_cdZLA866e-Db3IHpXlBgozGeCN_VlaMu19gfXy1nak0Hfo_bnymUWiEhd2z5xPSoVf5pkigrSwWSks8UHCPTK5A7Vx-IP86B3H3w=s0-d)
Fonte: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/PillarCoral.jpg
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_snGQaP-2cyzDHn82SiCCxzbxpjk9CFCVNMytMp7SfLoRni9o5SOXf5cJUgto5DbWBCXlcOt2YJbVWetKnt9fsrQnegK003X-zc35CTayzumSNn2c_R8EGhwosX=s0-d)
Fonte: http://omundoeredondo.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/045.jpg
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_s-Ig9567CdkfrmM7392QF3eGk0XJmrpGlVTo_zFyh4AaMW6ij1HToyYiXwS0epxvDgvgLJyWXsdwqhNHN6Pkcjn_DkrbkaovR5IXaINc5VYi_M1YrujurT9FwNb7cM6S8I1JSD8rDv9WNTwOCf4iM=s0-d)
Fonte: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Blue_Linckia_Starfish.JPG
![](//lh4.ggpht.com/_ALVqjyd0NfY/R5TR3oYdp9I/AAAAAAAAApI/XuOSczmyySo/coral-reef.jpg)
Fonte: http://lh4.ggpht.com/_ALVqjyd0NfY/R5TR3oYdp9I/AAAAAAAAApI/XuOSczmyySo/coral-reef.jpg
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