https://padlet.com/hannah_ashley09/383az1olxzos Made with curious minds en-us 2016-12-15 04:27:13 UTC 2025-11-01 16:10:56 UTC hello@padlet.com hannah_ashley09 https://padlet.com/hannah_ashley09/383az1olxzos/wish/143764447 ~A coral reef that lies close to the shore extending off the coastline. Many are found in the Caribbean and the Red Sea. 

~forms when the reef building coral animal (hermatypic). It produces sexually with a planktonic larval form during coral reproduction. The larvae then attach to a warm solid surface thus creating a coral reef along the edge of the island. ]]> 2016-12-15 04:30:41 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_ashley09/383az1olxzos/wish/143764447 hannah_ashley09 https://padlet.com/hannah_ashley09/383az1olxzos/wish/143764522 ~Coral Reefs begin to form when free-swimming coral larvae attach to submerged rocks. The corals grow and expand throughout the hard surfaces.
~The average growth rate of Coral Reefs is about 8 mm per year

]]> 2016-12-15 04:32:26 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_ashley09/383az1olxzos/wish/143764522 cn102997 https://padlet.com/hannah_ashley09/383az1olxzos/wish/143972891 is a ring-shaped coral reef including a coral rim that encircles a lagoonpartially or completely. The coral of the atoll often sits atop the rim of an extinct seamount or volcano which has eroded or subsided partially beneath the water. The lagoon forms over the volcanic crater while the higher rim remains above water or at shallow depths that permit the coral to grow and form the reefs. For the atoll to persist, continued erosion or subsidence must be at a rate slow enough to permit reef growth upwards and outwards to replace the lost height. Examples of this type of reef is the French Polynesia, the Caroline and Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and the Cook Islands.]]> 2016-12-16 00:24:57 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_ashley09/383az1olxzos/wish/143972891 cn102997 https://padlet.com/hannah_ashley09/383az1olxzos/wish/143973795 Habitat having alternating sand and coral formations that are oriented perpendicular to the shore or bank/shelf escarpment. They are formed from wind and erosion. 
One example is the reefs in the Florida Keys]]> 2016-12-16 00:44:13 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_ashley09/383az1olxzos/wish/143973795 hannah_ashley09 https://padlet.com/hannah_ashley09/383az1olxzos/wish/146032177
Patch reefs occur within the lagoon behind the barrier or atoll rim. They have broken and piled-up coral branches. Examples of modern Patch Reefs can be found off the north coast of St. Croix in the Caribbean Sea.]]> 2017-01-09 16:26:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_ashley09/383az1olxzos/wish/146032177 hannah_ashley09 https://padlet.com/hannah_ashley09/383az1olxzos/wish/146040307 1.How do coral reefs begin to form?
2. Where do patch reefs occur?]]> 2017-01-09 16:46:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hannah_ashley09/383az1olxzos/wish/146040307