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Coral Reefs, Rain Forests of the Ocean
Coral Reefs, Rain Forests of the Ocean
Human Stresses to Reefs
Easy access by the rapidly expanding human populations of adjacent tropical coastal lowlands is causing mounting stress to reefs. Corals can be directly damaged by boats, anchors, handling by divers, dredging, reef mining for limestone, oil spills, and leakage of toxic chemicals from land sources or passing ships. Spear guns, trawls, explosives, and poisons are often used to collect fish or reef organisms for food, aquarium specimens, jewelry, or curios. In most regions favored reef fish are severely depleted, and fish are smaller and less diverse.