Garie Beach

how is the great barrier reef relevant to humans?

I mean how is there a connection between humans and the great barrier reef.

Public Comments

1. http://sitemaker.umich.edu/gc2sec7labgroup3/pollution
2. In an ecosystem, everything is connected. For example, destroyed reefs will result in a loss of habitat for a large number of species of fish. As a result, certain fish populations decline because of predatation, predators die off, as a result the phytoplankton levels increase because the fish that lived in the reef used to eat it, and the oceans become murky and ugly, and more dead matter (from the phytoplankton) build up on the bottom, decomposers consume this and as a result carbon dioxide levels increase because of their surge and the oxygen levels in the oceans decrease, more fish die, and this spreads to certain gulls and animals that derive food from the sea. Eventually it will affect our food, and I'm pretty sure it will contribute to Global warming in some way. Its pretty complex and interwoven.