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Fundamentals of Reef Ecology

The reefs

Life on the reefs

Destruction of the reefs

 

More and more divers have the possibility to visit coral reefs of the inter-tropical areas and to observe the abundance of life and the wonderful color of these ecosystems. Unfortunately, in all the oceans, these ecosystems are submitted to human and natural impacts. Since 10 years the scientific community was preoccupied by the increase of the reef degradation.

 

 

To help the understanding of these pages issued from the IRD and collaborators researches, we add in our web site some elements of general reef ecology.

update : 07/10/08

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