根据第一段However,thisyear,highsea-surfacetemperatureshavekilledalargenumberofcoralreefsaroundtheworld.(然而,今年,高海面温度已经杀死了世界各地大量的珊瑚礁。)可知,海面温度高导致了今年珊瑚礁的死亡。故选D。(2)代词指代题。根据划线词所在句withhealthyreefs,theonesinDapengBayshowbigdifferences.(与健康的珊瑚礁...
These corals grow at a uniform depth until the end of the continental plate. They also give rise to fringing lagoons as the coral close to the shore erodes over time to form a bowl-like depression. A famous fringing reef is theRed Sea corals. 2. Barrier reef:Recognizable from the Austral...
长长★★There's an old problem about coral reefs (瑚礁). They take up tiny, nutrient-poor (营养缺乏的) parts of the sea, and yet they're home to one-third of the world's fish species. Millions of people depend on them for food. Why do they have such amazing productivity?Ever sin...
The formation of a new coral reef begins when a coral larva attaches to a submerged rock. The larva then forms a hard outer skeleton to support it. Algae grows into the coral, building a symbiotic relationship. The algae gives the coral nutrients in exchange for a place to live. Coral gr...
9. Coral reefs seem to grow best where there are stronger currents and wave patterns. Scientists believe that this is because stronger currents and waves deliver more food for the marine ecosystem. 10. The algae that typically grows on and around a coral reef isn’t a plant, but a living...
Choice D is incorrect because the passage states that destabilized herbivore populations are a symptom of the decline of coral reef communities rather than a result of the growth of coral reef communities. Choice E can also be eliminated because the first sentence of the passage states that ...
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Directions: Read the text about the Great Barrier Reef. Answer the questions according to the text. You can spend a lifetime exploring the Great Barrier Reef and still not see all of this colorful coral realm — it’s nearly the size of Montana. Sprawling off the east coast of Queensland...
The history of research about the tropical Brazilian coral reef systems starts with the first foreign visitors to Brazil, in the 1800s and reaches the study of impacts of modern days in the ecosystem. A bibliometric analysis of over 700 articles, obtained in the peer-reviewed literature, ...
On the bright side, in all the research being done on causes, we have discovered something related to how starfish populations might affect coral reef diversity.We think that when reefs are damaged, after a few years, the fastest-growing corals repopulate the areas.And these fast-growing specie...