Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Great Barrier Reef' has mentioned 'Coral' in the following places:
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| [6] This reef structure is composed of and built by billions of tiny organisms, known as coral polyps. | WIKI |
| [11] According to a study published in October 2012 by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the reef has lost more than half its coral cover since 1985, a finding reaffirmed by a 2020 study which found over half of the reef's coral cover to have been lost between 1995 and 2017, with the effects of a widespread 2020 bleaching event not yet quantified. | WIKI |
| Many of the mature breeding adults died in the bleaching events of 2016xe2x80x9317 leading to low coral birth rates. | WIKI |
| [25]:26 After the Coral Sea Basin formed, coral reefs began to grow in the Basin, but until about 25 million years ago, northern Queensland was still in temperate waters south of the tropicsxe2x80x94too cool to support coral growth. | WIKI |
| [26] When Queensland edged into tropical waters 24 million years ago, some coral grew,[25]:29 but a sedimentation regime quickly developed with erosion of the Great Dividing Range; creating river deltas, oozes and turbidites, unsuitable conditions for coral growth. | WIKI |
| The reef's substrate may have needed to build up from the sediment until its edge was too far away for suspended sediments to inhibit coral growth. | WIKI |
| Heron Island, a coral cay in the southern Great Barrier Reef | WIKI |
| [25]:18 The Reef Research Centre, a Cooperative Research Centre, has found coral 'skeleton' deposits that date back half a million years. | WIKI |
| [39][40][41] More than 1,500 fish species live on the reef, including the clownfish, red bass, red-throat emperor, and several species of snapper and coral trout. | WIKI |
| A striped surgeonfish amongst the coral on Flynn Reef | WIKI |
| [48] Four hundred coral species, both hard corals and soft corals inhabit the reef. | WIKI |
| [54] Skeletal Eroding Band, a disease of bony corals caused by the protozoan Halofolliculina corallasia, affects 31 coral species. | WIKI |
| Bleaching events in benthic coral communities (deeper than 20 metres or 66 feet) in the Great Barrier reef are not as well documented as those at shallower depths, but recent research has shown that benthic communities are just as negatively impacted in the face of rising ocean temperatures. | WIKI |
| Farming practices damage the reef due to overgrazing, increased run-off of agricultural sediments, nutrients and chemicals including fertilisers, herbicides and pesticides representing a major health risk for the coral and biodiversity of the reefs. | WIKI |
| Pesticides used in farming are made up of heavy metals such as lead, mercury, arsenic and other toxins are released into the wider environment due to erosion of farm soil, which has a detrimental effect on the coral. | WIKI |
| The crown-of-thorns starfish preys on coral polyps. | WIKI |
| In 2000, an outbreak contributed to a loss of 66% of live coral cover on sampled reefs in a study by the Reef Research Centre (RRC). | WIKI |
| Potential significant harms have been identified in relation to dredge spoil and the process of churning up the sea floor in the area and exposing it to air: firstly, new research shows the finer particles of dredge spoil can cloud the water and block sunlight, thereby starving sea grass and coral up to distances of 80xc2xa0km away from the point of origin due to the actions of wind and currents. | WIKI |
| Several continental and coral cay islands are now resorts, including Green Island and Lady Elliot Island. | WIKI |
| Solutions have been suggested to siphon bird waste into gutters connecting to tanks helping lower runoff that causes coral disease. | WIKI |
| These act to reduce damage to the reef due to anchoring destroying soft coral, chipping hard coral, and disturbing sediment as it is dragged across the bottom. | WIKI |
| There are over 1,500 species of fish, about 400 species of coral, 4,000 species of mollusk, and some 240 species of birds, plus a great diversity of sponges, anemones, marine worms, crustaceans, and other species. | UNESCO |
| From the air, the vast mosaic patterns of reefs, islands and coral cays produce an unparalleled aerial panorama of seascapes comprising diverse shapes and sizes. | UNESCO |
| Beneath the ocean surface, there is an abundance and diversity of shapes, sizes and colours; for example, spectacular coral assemblages of hard and soft corals, and thousands of species of reef fish provide a myriad of brilliant colours, shapes and sizes. | UNESCO |
| Other superlative natural phenomena include the annual coral spawning, migrating whales, nesting turtles, and significant spawning aggregations of many fish species. | UNESCO |
| During interglacial periods, rising sea levels caused the formation of continental islands, coral cays and new phases of coral growth. | UNESCO |
| The processes of geological and geomorphological evolution are well represented, linking continental islands, coral cays and reefs. | UNESCO |
| Ongoing erosion and accretion of coral reefs, sand banks and coral cays combine with similar processes along the coast and around continental islands. | UNESCO |
| The continental islands support thousands of plant species, while the coral cays also have their own distinct flora and fauna. | UNESCO |