GREAT BARRIER REEF

By: Aaron Mercado, Braydon Miranda,

Alexandra Girard and Sarahee Warda

BY-SA.
WHERE OUR
BIOME IS
F O U N D. . .

Queensland, Australia
 Animals in our biome...
Giant oceanic manta ray Humphead wrasse Caribbean reef shark Maxima clam Humpback whale

Green sea turtle Clownfish Potato grouper Lion's mane jellyfish Brown tang
 Plants in our biome...
Seagrasses Mangroves Enhalus sea grass Asian surfgrass Kelp

Algae Coralline Algae Seaweed Eelgrass Sea lettuce

Food Chain
 Blacktip Food web
The Dougong Hammerhead
Shark
shark
lobsters
crab
squid

Small fish Sea snail

Sea urchin clam shrimp

Neptune Grass plankton seagrass algae Sea lettuce

Crustose coralline
Brow Algae kelp Seaweed Dinoflagellate
Algae
Predator and Prey
Strarfish
(predator)
-The starfish pulls the shell
apart

-Pushes the prey into its

stomach

-Produces chemicals to
digest
Snail (Prey)
Commensalism
Clownfish and anemone

-The clownfish gets protection and

shelter from the sea anemone
-While the sea anemone doesn’t
get affected
 Mutualism
-The corals and algae have a
mutualism relationship
-The coral provide the algae
with a protected environment
-Amount they need for
photosynthesis
-The algae produces oxygen to
help the coral
-The algae removes waste
 PAR AS I T I S M
The barnacle roots itself within
a crab’s reproductive system.

The crab doesn’t die due to the

barnacle.

The crabs reproductive

capabilities are
greatly diminished.

Barnacle & Crabs

 - A school or group of fish like the
colorful pennant fish in the coral reef
use group behavior to guide them
through the reefs.
Group Behavior - As well the millet seed butterfly
fish travel in schools to rely on each
other and the reef.
Green Sea Turtle (Increase)
AB I O T I C FAC TO R S
The sand, dirt, air, temperature
and moisture is an abiotic factor that
helps the sea turtles lay their eggs.
B I O T I C FAC TO R S
Sea grass, seaweed, are examples of
biotic factor that could increase
the population by being the food
source.
Humpback Whale
(Decreased)
Abiotic factors: The sea ice dynamics, sea
surface temperature, and bathymetry are
key factors that affect the living conditions

Biotic factors: Some biotic factors are sea

animals, like killer whales and great white
sharks which are predators to the species
Human impact that affects our habitat in a negative
way and a solution for it

-Pollution affects our habitat

-Example: trash
-Pollution causes heart diseases, lung cancer and
respiratory diseases
-Solution: people helping pick up the trash in the ocean
-Beach clean up
T H A N K YO U