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Corals throughout the Caribbean are bleaching (casting out their algae).
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Sponges are as important as corals for reef structure.
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Reef fish use the reef for cover and food.
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Corals on the reef vary from large stony heads to whispy branches.
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Tiny coral animals build massive reef structures.
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Staghorn corals have declined at Caribbean reefs in the past 20 years.
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Brain corals get their name from the folds and turns in the coral skeleton.
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The diversity of fish and other reef organisms rival tropical rainforests.
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Bioerosion of coral reefs makes them brittle and susceptible to collapse.
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Like corals, glass sponges are also partly composed of calcareous material.
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Staghorn corals form the forests of the reef.
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The lights of the camera bring out the brilliant colors of the reef.
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Sponges, corals and many other attached species compete for space on the reef.
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This temperate reef off North Carolina has hard corals and tropical fish.
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Scientists study reefs for many reasons, economic and ecologic.
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Elkhorn, Acropora palmata, coral towers above reef creating habitat and beachprotection.
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Demosponges and coralline algae on a permanent photo plot.
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Diversity on cold rocky reefs can also be very high.
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Starfish and anemones in a cold water rocky community.
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Macroalgae are important habitat on temperate and northern reefs.Macrocystis
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