Coral Reefs: Why We Must Save Them The world's coral reefs while covering only a small portion of the ocean floor are home to approximately 25 percent of the marine animal life and they are used by many more at some point during their life cycle. Additionally thousands of marine plants live on or near coral reefs. Coral reefs are in effect cities of the seas. Humans have a huge dependency on the ocean in general …showed first 75 words of 2324 total…

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