Coral Reefs ◆Coral reefs are large underwater structures compo | UPSC Civil Services (IAS)
Coral Reefs ◆Coral reefs are large underwater structures composed of the skeletons of colonial marine invertebrates called coral ◆corals have a symbiotic relationship with an algae called the zooxanthellae ◆Known as the rainforests of the sea" for their biodiversity,
◆FAVOURABLE CONDITIONS FOR FORMATION OF CORAL REEF:
1.Warm tropical oceans with minimum temperature of 20 degree (30 degree north and 25 degree south latitudes) 2.Oceanic water free of sedimentation; 3.Transparent parts of ocean bodies; 4.Relatively low salinity ocean bodies
