Corals - Causes of Environmental Change Research
Students should define the following key terms:
- acclimatise
- connectivity
- recruit
- adaptation
- natural selection
- symbiotic
- zoozanthallae
- parasite
- photosynthesis
Answer the questions below. Conduct internet research to find articles and reports which support your answers.
Resources:
Coral bleaching - GBRMPA
Coral bleaching and the Great Barrier Reef - ARC CoE
Coral bleaching: Extreme heat pushes parts of the Great Barrier Reef beyond recovery - ABC
Coral bleaching events - AIMS
Great Barrier Reef: a "hopping hotspot" - Australian Geographic
- acclimatise
- connectivity
- recruit
- adaptation
- natural selection
- symbiotic
- zoozanthallae
- parasite
- photosynthesis
Answer the questions below. Conduct internet research to find articles and reports which support your answers.
- Describe the causes of mass coral bleaching events.
- How has coral bleaching affected different geographical areas globally? Find or create a graphic that represents the geographic distribution of coral bleaching.
- Describe the ways that coral bleaching has changed the nature of coral reefs (refer to the Great Barrier Reef, but also try to refer to reefs globally)?
- How has coral bleaching impacted on the vulnerability and resilience of coral reef ecosystems?
- Develop a range of strategies to manage the causes and impacts of coral bleaching. For each strategy make a judgement about how effective it is likely to be (start by giving it a rating out of 5 - 5 being extremely effective, 3 being somewhat effective and 1 being completely ineffective). For each strategy write several sentences which justify your decision about how effective/ ineffective it will be.
Resources:
Coral bleaching - GBRMPA
Coral bleaching and the Great Barrier Reef - ARC CoE
Coral bleaching: Extreme heat pushes parts of the Great Barrier Reef beyond recovery - ABC
Coral bleaching events - AIMS
Great Barrier Reef: a "hopping hotspot" - Australian Geographic
