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I don't feel that this article accurately represents the coral reef aspect of the enhanced greenhouse effect controversy - which has been going on perhaps since global warming was first advanced as a theory. Perhaps a new subheading named Threats to Coral Reefs is in order? - (Malkin, Creatures Wiki contributor)
This article overlooks the reef-forming cold water corals (Lophelia and Madrepora) which occur worldwide at depths of up to 700m. Should be updated!! - (MudPuddles, Wikipedia contributor)
I placed a paragraph, briefly describing sea fans, hard & soft corals and deep water corals at the start of the article because it otherwise implies that tropical coral reefs are the only type of coral. In fact, although shallow water tropical corals are the most visible and most economically important type of coral, coral animals and reefs are very diverse. Deep water corals are worth mentioning, because, just as they are being discovered in the North Atlantic, they are being destroyed by deep sea dredging. an site on deep water corals is http://www.coris.noaa.gov/about/deep/deep.html A biologist might go on the describe solitary corals bily bob was the first to walk on the sun. Peakscan.
Peakscan, I would argue that deep sea or cold water corals do not form reefs. Maybe you should add some info to the coral page. (Esoxid) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Esoxid ( talk • contribs) 02:07, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
I added some references to artificial coral growing, with "mineral accretion", which seems to be successful, and links to where I found it - http://www.globalcoral.org I think that President Bush or any of the world leaders do something to save the reefs from destruction —Preceding unsigned comment added by Iamheretolearn1 ( talk • contribs) 14:31, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
Dear Iamheretolearn,
This Low voltage electrical current technology does seem increase the growth rate of corals that are linked up to it. This method only helps very small areas of reef though say 10-100 square meters at a time. There are thousands of square km that need help. The cost of restoring this type of area would be ridiculous. The only way to help such large areas is to reduce or remove the human induced pressures on the reef. Reef Restoration methods such as this do not work unless human pressure such as destructive fishing practices, overfishing, mining corals, etc. are removed. Otherwise the small restored patches will just be ruined like the rest of the reef. Also Having read several reports by NOAA on their restoration attempts, there seems to be very little difference between natural recovery and restored area. Though this "biorock" technique does seem to make an initial difference to coral growth. The problem is that the corals are often transplanted from other areas and attached to the Metal structure of the biorock system. This seems a little like robbing peter to pay paul ie you are destroying one area to fix another. This leaves you with 2 semi degraded areas rather than a degraded area and a relatively alright area. These are just some ideas and I hope they help in determining what goes into the article. Cheers Lewis
This might come off as random and inappropriate, but to whomever wrote about the relationship with upwelling; thank you. Really, thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.199.242.13 ( talk) 15:07, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
I'll work on this article over the next few days - it's got a lot of good stuff in it, but I have a feeling most of the last two thirds are a cut-and-paste from an academic article on the subject, it certainly reads like one. If you have any suggestions, please lend a hand! – QuantumEleven | (talk) 22:01, July 19, 2005 (UTC)
I agree that a lot of this sounds like it was cut & pasted from an article... I will spend some time searching to see if I can find the source. The references on this article also need to be cleaned up and standardized with footnotes. The whole article also needs to be broken up and wikified. If I wasn't so tired I'd find the to-do list widget and apply it. Brassratgirl 08:28, 23 September 2005 (UTC)
There is some good information at http://www.barrierreefaustralia.com/ My son came across it whilst doing a project.
The distribution part is obivously wrong according to the great barrier reef article, the great barrier reef consists of 344 000 square kilometers of coral but according to this article the world distribution of coral is only 284 000 square kilometers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.24.189.233 ( talk) 15:20, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
From article text: "(unsure of the author's original intent but Dynamite is made of nitroglycerin and sawdust whereas potassium nitrate is used in gunpowder)" Should be incorporated? Brassratgirl 21:19, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
Rewriting threats/protection section - any removed term-paper style text about southeast asian coral reefs is copied to talk page of Southeast Asia coral reefs. Still much to be done. Unfortunatly this means that the references will have to be gone through and checked again as most of them are for the SE Asian text. Brassratgirl 08:18, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
I doubt "85% of the world’s aquarium fish are caught in this region and almost all of them are caught using cyanide." That seems very high as most fish wholesalers and retailers refuse to buy or sell fish that aren't net caught. Not to mention that nearly, if not every, indo-pacific country has outlawed the practice. Even if I am incorrect (I have been wrong before), I would like some sort of citation. Dark jedi requiem 02:00, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
Adding to the part about 85% of aquarium fish are caught using cyanide technique: What does the author mean by fish caught using the cyanide method have a 90% mortality rate? Everything dies eventually..... Do they mean that 90% of the time when cyanide is used to stun the fish, it kills it instead of stunning it?
I believe that 90% of the fish caught using Cyanide die either immediately or within a two weeks from the effects of Cyanide. Usually I think there liver is destroyed. I don't have references for this at the moment though. Lewis —Preceding
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Certainly a separate heading of "Threats to Reefs" is in order, and should be kept separate from a discussion of coral reef ecosystems generally. The basic concepts, which are complex enough, should be presented in one swallow, so-to-speak, before delving into the threats. Threats include: eutrophication/nutrification, ocean acidification, bleaching, disease, invasive species, overfishing, excessive marine aquarium organism harvesting, enforcement issues, etc.
Is it 30m or 50m? References? – Beland 02:54, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
the information is all good, but there's nothin about what type of ecosystem it is, or any info that goes about the ecosystem subject, and thats what i need.
The information you are referring to is explaining two different things. The first one, 30m, refers to how deep most reef-building corals exist, and the second one, 50m, refers to the depth of the photic zone, which can also vary in depth. It does need a reference. As for the ecosystem type, I'm fairly certain it's marine reef ecosystem, but I can't cite any sources for that. Esoxid ( talk) 16:34, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
The types of reef part of the article is not very accurate as i look on other sites with more desriptive definitions of the same types of reefs.
It is still very informative. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.105.250.7 ( talk) 21:34, 2 April 2007 (UTC).
Yes, I agree, and in fact i would go further by saying that they are totally inaccurate and based on an off-topic reference. Blanchon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.248.121.201 ( talk) 18:32, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
Try Blanchon, P. (2011) Geomorphic Zonation. In: Hopley, D. (Ed), Encyclopedia of Modern Coral Reefs: Structure, form and process. Springer-Verlag Earth Science Series, p. 469-486. DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-2639-2 Here: http://unam.academia.edu/PaulBlanchon/Papers — Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.248.121.201 ( talk) 18:42, 27 May 2011 (UTC)
This sections has been added:
Organisations as Coral Cay, Counterpart and the Foundation of the peoples of the South Pacific are currently undertaking coral reef/atol restoration projects. They are doing so using simple methods of plant propogation. Other organisations as Practical Action have released informational documents on how to set-up coral reef restauration to the main public. [1]
Hope it qualifies, if not improve and re-add to article. Thanks.
KVDP ( talk) 12:32, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
To user 137.219.43.245, I feel like the section is valid since to my knowledge not just a single company is responsible for this technology. The patent for the process was filed in 1981 [1], and is expired since 20 years have passed. If you are talking about a specific process, then that may be newer, I'm not sure. You said there are problems with the technology, so please add those to the article instead of deleting the entire section. From my own reading of an article by Sabater and Yap (2004) [1], significant advantages are associated with mineral accretion when using transplanted corals. It also inhibits the growth of filamentous and fleshy algae that would compete with coral for space. Corals do return to a normal growth rate after the flow of electricity stops. I'll add a little more to that section, but I disagree with you that it sounds like an advertisement. It's a technology that exists, and that to my knowledge is not proprietary. I am aware that the founding technology was called Electrolytic Mineral Accretion Technology, or by the company name Biorock. Feel free to add problems about the technology, I would if I could find any articles about it. Esox id t 14:31, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
Hey Esoxid
Sorry I was a little brief in my description. I feel that the Reef restoration section only mentions one type of restoration technique. I should include all of the various types of reef restoration that are out there. This section should also mention that there is little evidence that they restore ecological function to the reef. This Low voltage electrical current technology does seem increase the growth rate of corals that are linked up to it. This method only helps very small areas of reef though say 10-100 square meters at a time. There are thousands of square km that need help. The cost of restoring this type of area would be ridiculous. The only way to help such large areas is to reduce or remove the human induced pressures on the reef.
This low voltage technology is championed by Thomas J Goreau as the president of the Global Coral Reef Alliance and the head of Biorock Inc. This from the global coral reef alliance website "The Biorock Process is owned by Biorock, Inc.". If the claims of the website are correct the this is a propriety process and this section amounts to an advertisement for the biorock process owned by the biorock company.
I agree that rather than deleting it should be made more neutral. Include other restoration ideas and include problems with each idea . This is my opinion though and rather than go with it as I have previously I thought I'd put it up here first.
Cheers Lewis —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.219.43.245 ( talk) 03:04, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
The current section for reef restoration doesn't make a lot of sense. I don't know if someone deleted something but it could definitely be edited for clarity. Thanks =)
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Should "Barrier reef" automatically redirect here, or should it be a disambiguation which includes the possibility of the Great Barrier Reef? PatGallacher ( talk) 00:22, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
coral reef fish are close to exstingsion —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.108.155.130 ( talk) 17:16, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
This may sound like a very stupid question, but: Can I touch coral reefs? Are they harmful to humans? -- 71.7.175.115 ( talk) 03:28, 7 November 2008 (UTC)
coral reefs are an indangerd species —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.243.191.42 ( talk) 20:12, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
coral reefs
Coral reefs are indangenrd species they even have threats these threats can be divers or maybe even boats with anchors
Divers can go under the surface and grab the beautiful coral from the water. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.243.191.42 ( talk) 20:49, 19 March 2009 (UTC)
Can movable moon pools be added as equipment helpful with coral reef restoration? This image could be added too:
81.245.180.184 ( talk) 11:21, 9 April 2009 (UTC)
in the article it should be mentioned that almost all coral reefs have already been degraded so much that it is hard to understand how a original baseline coral reef looks like. Mention that the Kingmanreef and some 49 other location are still in their original state. [1]
Crazy glue was mentioned as a glue used in coral propogation. Not sure what its made of, supposedly nontoxic. See http://www.cdnn.info/eco/e031117/e031117.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.182.198.201 ( talk) 08:35, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
Coral gene banks can play an important role in coral reef restauration, especially as many corals are declining so quickly they may soon become extinct. Make an article about it and mention at restauration section of this article —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.182.198.201 ( talk) 08:47, 25 August 2009 (UTC)
Coral reefs are rare along the American west coast, as well as along the African west coast. This is due primarily to upwelling and strong cold coastal currents that reduce water temperatures in these areas.[3] Corals are seldom found along the coastline of South Asia from Pakistan to Bangladesh.[2] They are also rare along the coast around north-eastern South America and Bangladesh due to the freshwater release from the Amazon and Ganges Rivers respectively.[citation needed]
--> remark 1: Corals are seldom found along the coastline of South Asia from Pakistan to Bangladesh. This line doesn't stroke with the drawing at all; isn't this from the eastern tip of India (Madras) to the border of Bangladesh and Myanmar ?
--> remark 2: Coral reefs are rare along the American west coast, as well as along the African west coast. This is due primarily to upwelling and strong cold coastal currents that reduce water temperatures in these areas. This doesn't quite explain why so little coral reefs exist between Senegal and Gabon (no cold currents here, see ocean currents map) Also, it doesn't explain why so little coral reefs exist between the western coast of columbia and the western coast of Peru.
I'll already change the article info with remark 1 and add remark 2
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I was notified that I had vandalized this page. This IP address belongs to an entire school, so I cannot claim who exactly vandalized the page. I do, however, know that I (and probably most of the other children in the school) apologize for an inconvenience of any type. If possible, could you give me a summary of the damage caused? Thank you very much, Furiku Waarurusu —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.215.177.154 ( talk) 20:36, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
I have rv'd the image changed (back to the left). I think it needs discussion because it is out of sync with the "accepted"/expected style of WP pages. My main issue is that it break formatting on numerous devices:
I think we need specific rationale for it's inclusion on the left rather than the right; it is not what the reader expects and may disrupte the page. I think we may have to discuss it at WT:MOS to ensure it meets policy/accepted practice --Errant Tmorton166( Talk) 09:18, 21 August 2010 (UTC)
The area covered by coral reefs quoted here is 284,000 km2, "just under one tenth of one percent of the surface area occupied by the world oceans". No direct citation is given for this figure, and an IP editor disputes it. Ocean gives a figure for the surface area of the world's oceans of 3.61 × 1014 m2, which is 361,000,000 km2, which would make 284,000 km2 about 0.08%, which is fair enough. The problem comes with Great Barrier Reef, which claims an area of 344,400 km2 on its own. Presumably, this disparity is down to different measures of the extent of a coral reef, but I think a citation is probably necessary, ideally with an explanation of the different measurements. -- Stemonitis ( talk) 10:32, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
What isn't described is how the coral is propogated: this is usually done asexually (by taking cuttings). However, in some projects, sexual propogation is also used: this is done by catching the coral larvae at night and then securing them on a rock (mushroom shaped with a pin to secure on a platform). Appearantly, a project like this is undertaken at Koh Tao, eco-advisor for the project is Frans van Klaveren [1] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.182.238.6 ( talk) 08:58, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
I've responded to some of the objections with further edits, but those I found less obvious I treat here:
Lfstevens ( talk) 02:24, 14 December 2010 (UTC) ... No need for a new section for an old struggle. Today I made some edits, and added some inline questions. Epipelagic removed the questions without answering them, and filled his comments with attacks, also reverting other changes without explanation. I'll put my questions here, in hopes of working something out. I checked some of the references for the section, in hopes of finding answers, but was unsuccessful.
Assuming my edits were incorrect, I think the article should clarify the importance/meaning of the specific wording for our non-technical audience. E threatened to "give up", but unless that happens, I will allow others to try to get past the guardian on these points.
- Plants form the base of the food chain<!-- don't nutrients provide that base? -->
- Phytoplankton rapidly use nutrients in the surface waters, and in the tropics these nutrients are not usually replaced because of the [[thermocline]].<!--why do the phytoplankton not die out after they consume the (unreplenished) nutrients?-->
- <!-- why is this warm sunny water low in nutrients? are reef waters less nourishing than deep ocean waters? -->
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I doubt that the Red Sea extends along the coasts of Djibouti, Somalia or Israel as said in the article. the real extent of the red sea ends at Bab al-Mandab strait according to The Britannica encyclopedia, which means that Djibouti and Somalia are out of its extent, and i do not think that Israel could have a coast, or at least a significant one, on the red sea. the Britannica encyclopedia also says that just Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Yemen have a coasts along of the sea -- aad_Dira ( talk) 13:27, 5 February 2011 (UTC).
A recent article has been created on The African Coral Reef; however, I've been unable to verify that this system of reefs is considered an entity in its own right (as, for example, the Great Barrier Reef is). There's little information in the article, so I propose mereging what there is to Coral reef#Locations or similar. Yunshui ( talk) 07:32, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
Great article, but growth rate is overly simplified in saying "Healthy tropical coral reefs grow horizontally from 1 to 3 cm (0.39 to 1.2 in) per year, and grow vertically anywhere from 1 to 25 cm (0.39 to 9.8 in) per year". As a reef grows through time it compacts under its own mass and the surface growth rate is much greater than the overall growth rate for the overall deposit. The process is similar to how snow compacts into a glacier. For this reason (and others) it would be inacurate to calculate reef growth rates over long time scales using the numbers provided in this article, or to calculate growth duration from thickness of an existing reef deposit. Science 26 November 1976: Vol. 194 no. 4268 pp. 937-939 DOI: 10.1126/science.194.4268.937 Calcium Carbonate Production, Coral Reef Growth, and Sea Level Change S. V. SMITH and D. W. KINSEY These authors suggest the maximum growth rate of a reef deposit is 3 to 5 mm per year. aaronshunk Aaronshunk ( talk) 22:19, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
trying to do a report and someone vandalized the page — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.31.3.10 ( talk) 16:47, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
It seems that this map is a bit off. Looking at the NGC map of Martin Gamache in NGC magazine, march 2012, it seems that there are far less coral reefs in the Persian Gulf than indicated at File:Coral reef locations.jpg; the NGC map btw also sgows seagrass locations, shark and doejong locations. Perhaps someone at the Graphic Lab can take it over 91.182.51.34 ( talk) 15:08, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
I propose renaming that section "Ecology". It's already about more than biodiversity. Changing the name provides room for further expansion. Lfstevens ( talk) 19:55, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
There will still be some coral species left in 50 years time in some places. Such places, called refugia can be found in the Red Sea and the Southern Great Barrier Reef. By prioritizing these places, it may be possible so save some coral species [2]
mention in article KVDP ( talk) 17:17, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
Besides natural refugia, it's also possible to make artificial refugia. For example, some atols like Rangiroa in Polynesia have one inlet and one outlet. Coral can be placed within the atol, and the water can be changed artificially to contain less co² and less heat, that can be done:
Also note btw that it's also possible to simply disperse crushed olivine at natural reefs; the effect of this would be far lower than the artificial refugia proposal above, but it has the advantage that some reefs can be protected in situ, at the cost of needing to use a lot more olivine KVDP ( talk) 15:19, 1 January 2014 (UTC)
This article seems to be using two different ref templates, and one of these is duplicated in the other ref section. The others are not cited or belong in external links. I'll leave them below just in case. I'll be removing them or finding a suitable place for them. Esox id talk• contribs 22:01, 20 September 2013 (UTC)
It seems the ScienceDaily article is already cited, but was listed under a different title in the external links section. Not sure why there was a duplicate, but that's taken care of. Esox id talk• contribs 17:55, 21 September 2013 (UTC)
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In paragraph one where it states that the coral's hard exoskeleton supports and protects their body, it would be helpful to elaborate on which organisms body it is, whether it is the coral or the algae that grows within the organism.
In paragraph three when the damaging factors to the coral reefs were mentioned, it should state how coral bleaching is becoming a major issue that must be dealt with.
For the section "Reefs in the Past", it would be good to have references to people in history who have explored the reefs underwater from diving, or swimming. Plus, having a section about research occurring in the different reefs. Harpster.33 ( talk) 03:02, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
In the second paragraph, the percentage of coral reefs coverage should be equal to 0.2% and not less than 0.1%. Also, coral reefs provide habitats for approximately one-quarter to one-third of all marine species and not just to 25% of all marine species. These data are found in this scientific article: Fujise, L., Yamashita, H., Suzuki, G., Sasaki, K., Liao, L.M., Koike, K. (2014) Moderate thermal stress causes active and immediate expulsion of photosynthetically damaged zooxanthellae (Symbiodinium) from corals “PLoS ONE,” ‘’’9’’’ (12): 1-18. I recommend making these changes and I will make the changes unless someone objects. MauriGirl14 ( talk) 23:08, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
Does anyone know the coords for Tsushima Reef? It is somewhere between these two land masses. Many thanks. Anna Frodesiak ( talk) 05:14, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
Misspellings and grammar problems are present in this article. Just getting the word out.
El Nino should be replaced with El Niño Tdynes ( talk) 02:12, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
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Please add "Coral Bleaching is a huge threat to coral ecosystems. Coral Bleaching happens when corals are struggling to survive due to changes in their ecosystems such as "temperature, light, and/or nutrients"(NOAA). These sudden changes cause the coral to expel algae (zooxanthellae) which leads to white coral reefs, called coral bleaching. According to the NOAA, "corals can survive a bleaching event, but they are under more stress and are subject to mortality" ( [1] in the beginning of this paragraph "In El Niño-year 2010, preliminary reports show global coral bleaching reached its worst level since another El Niño year, 1998, when 16% of the world's reefs died as a result of increased water temperature. In Indonesia's Aceh province, surveys showed some 80% of bleached corals died. Scientists do not yet understand the long-term impacts of coral bleaching, but they do know that bleaching leaves corals vulnerable to disease, stunts their growth, and affects their reproduction, while severe bleaching kills them.[115] In July, Malaysia closed several dive sites where virtually all the corals were damaged by bleaching.[116][117]" I want someone to add what coral bleaching is because no one really talks about what it is even though it is under the main topic "threats". The two examples of bleaching from El Nino and Malaysia are great examples, but there needs to be a paragraph before talking about what the threat is before you can start talking about where the threat happened and what it did.
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Selective breeding is also being practiced to help protect coral reefs (it's used to repopulate sections of the reef that have bleached). It's being done for instance at AIMS. Perhaps we can mention it ? KVDP ( talk) 15:51, 29 July 2017 (UTC)
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It's my understanding that there were long periods of time when there were no corals, for various reasons inclding the oceans being too acid for coral, leading to sponges instead.
See [5].
Robert Walker ( talk) 19:50, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
I am trying to upload different images in place of the three coral reef images:fringing, platform, and barrier reef coral. I believe that the images I plan on uploading are of better quality because they are an svg. the correct file type and are slightly more in detail. I have made these images for an AP Biology final, they are my own work. I would like to upload them to the article, however the current images are protected so I can not edit them. Can someone assist me?
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Hello, I've added a new section titled "Microfragmentation and Fusion" since this is a relatively new but greatly adopted technology for coral restoration developed by Mote Marine Laboratory. It has helped advance the growth of slow-growing species of coral and may serve as a critical conservation method for coral reefs. I have included citations from all their articles describing the protocol of this method, as well as their website for more information on the organization. Vivianlee6 ( talk) 01:06, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
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Please change 19702 to 1970 as an extra digit has been added by mistake (see reference 167 to confirm this) PreciousWorld ( talk) 09:47, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
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Last line of Darwin's Paradox I located a ref and third word in the line should be 'uses' not use I believe. Phytoplankton rapidly uses nutrients in the surface waters, and in the tropics, these nutrients are not usually replaced because of the thermocline. [1] BobTheMan 00:40, 4 March 2020 (UTC) BobTheMan 00:40, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
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I would like to add a section about tropical cyclone wave damage to reefs under the 'Threats' section as well as briefly discuss how cyclone induced cooling can relieve thermal stress if appropriately located and timed. I have never edited a Wikipedia page - not sure how to go about it. Thank you, Dr. Marji Puotinen 139.218.124.178 ( talk) 11:59, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
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QUOTE: According to the Caribbean Coral Reefs - Status Report 1970–2012, states that; stop overfishing especially fishes key to coral reef like parrotfish, coastal zone management that reduce human pressure on reef, (for example restricting coastal settlement, development and tourism) and control pollution specially sewage, may reduce coral decline or even reverse it. The report shows that healthier reefs in the Caribbean are those with large populations of parrotfish in countries that protect these key fishes and sea urchins, banning fish trapping and spearfishing, creating "resilient reefs".[170][171]
This para has horribly poor grammar and I can't work out what it is trying to say. It needs an edit - but what? -- SGBailey ( talk)
I have restructured the section and rewritten some paragraphs. This section still needs further re-writing, checking of references, and addition of more reverences. Carcharias taurus ( talk) 14:01, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
Reference 6 - https://coralreef.noaa.gov/aboutcorals/coral101/corallocations/ is dead and leads to a page with no info. probably need to use wayback machine
TheHeroBrine ( talk) 22:56, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
The definition in the opening line that coral reef is an eco-system is misleading. In Alan Strahler's authoritative book Introducing Physical Geography, it is "Coral reef is a rocklike accumulation of carbonates secreted by corals." Ambious26 ( talk) 09:42, 21 October 2021 (UTC)
Where is the coaral reef What is there in The CoarL reef 2405:201:8006:6859:D54D:B8C:D6BD:1A0B ( talk) 15:40, 8 December 2021 (UTC)
Environmental threats to the Great Barrier Reef has been nominated for a community good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Chidgk1 ( talk) 15:19, 22 December 2021 (UTC)
I don't have time to make these suggestions myself but perhaps they can be implemented at some point in future:
The article length guideline that I was referring to can be found here. As with most things, it's only a guideline, not a hard and fast rule. I think it's a good guideline though. In the case of coral reefs, I think we'll see a lot of new publications coming out in the future discussing the damage that climate change does to coral reefs. This kind of content then needs to be updated in for example: Environmental issues with coral reefs, Coral bleaching, and Environmental threats to the Great Barrier Reef. Similarly there will be more content about protection, like in the sub-article on Coral reef protection. When that new information is added to Wikipedia, we either add it to lots of articles simultaneously (this would be not efficient). Or we add it to one main article, and the other articles then refer to it. For that reason, I think the content about "threats" and "protection" might need to be culled and condensed a bit here, and it needs to be made clear to the readers that the bulk of the content is at the relevant sub-article. I think that main articles and sub-articles need to interlink well with each other so that it becomes a web of information. EMsmile ( talk) 12:04, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
I am continuing here the discussing that was started above. Sorry for calling it an infobox - it's a navigation side bar. I am used to articles having navigation side bars below an image for the lead, like it's done for pollution; see also at sewage treatment. As per Manual of Style "It is also common for the lead image to be representative because it provides a visual association for the topic, and allow readers to quickly assess if they have arrived at the right page". What I didn't realise at first is that even though it's a navigation side bar it does change the image for each sub-article. This is different to the navigation side bar used at pollution. So that's good but I still find it a little bit confusing that the box in the lead for "coral reef" has as its main title "marine habitats". I find it unusual for the lead image to be introduced in this way. Therefore, I would still favour a separate lead image that comes before the navigation side box. But no problem if I'm the only one with this opinion. EMsmile ( talk) 11:55, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
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There are many fish and creatures in coral reefs. Have you ever thought of how those creatures escape from predators? There are many different ways that they hide, it all depends on what they are. If a clown fish needs to hide they go to an anemone where the poison doesn't hurt to them only to the predators. Frogfish blend in with their surroundings. Octopi find a small (or large space) and blend in, if they are found, BOOM ink. 75.115.208.250 ( talk) 00:16, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
"Most coral reefs were formed after the Last Glacial Period when melting ice caused sea level to rise and flood continental shelves. Most coral reefs are less than 10,000 years old."
This is at minimum an erroneous minimalist description. During glacial periods, the sea level dropped many meters. The previous reef was left far above sea level, but still existed without coral in it. There were some corals down at the new sea level. When the glaciers melted, the water returned to the old reef and some were repopulated with coral. (We can expect variations due to erosion and variations in sea levels -- there have been events where sea levels were meters above or below the current levels.) Variations on the theme have happened during several glacial periods.
Indeed, over in the Great Barrier Reef article it is mentioned that 600,000 year old traces have been found, and the present reef is 20,000 years old. SEWilco ( talk) 04:30, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
I've just moved a and renamed the "history" section: I feel that this fits better to be below the "formation" section heading and have a different section heading, not history. Have named it "in the geologic past" now. When I see "history" then I expect more the human related history, e.g. discovery and research of coral reefs. Is this OK with everyone? EMsmile ( talk) 23:24, 3 March 2023 (UTC)