Features

• cnidarians

• nutrion systems

• high light levels

• warm, stable temperatures

• low turbidity

• constant salinity

Importance

• fisheries

• erosion protection

• medicina discoveries

• climate control

• tourism

Threats

• physical damage caused by human activities (trawling)

• souvenir collection

• sedimentation

• climate change

• pollution

• fishing

• introduced species

Conservation efforts

• control of damaging activities

• establishment of protected areas