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| There are three types of coral reefs: fringing reefs, barrier reefs, and atolls. |
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| There are three types of coral reefs: fringing reefs, barrier reefs, and atolls. |
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| Another serious condition is called bleaching. |
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| Flower-like sea anemones settle into crevices to live. |
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| Reefs provide food for crustaceans such as shrimp, lobsters, and crabs. |
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| Construction creates soil erosion and polluted freshwater runoff. |
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| There are three types of coral reefs: fringing reefs, barrier reefs, and atolls. |
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| Barrier reefs have a larger lagoon, or area of water, between the reef shore. |
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| Corals are actually groups of tiny animals called polyps. |
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| Sea fan corals branch out wide to trap bits of plankton to eat as the drift by. |
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