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If the coral and the fish were removed from the ocean ecostyem. How would the ecostyem change?

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Removal of coral and fish will cause a great threat to the ocean ecosystem .

Step-by-step explanation:

  • Biodiversity of the marine ecosystem will be markedly reduced
  • Marine food web will be affected leading to scarcity of food at each level
  • Mean trophic level of the ecosystem will be affected
  • The ocean chemistry will be changed
  • Habitat destruction of fishes which will affect other aquatic organisms living in the ocean
  • Increases ocean acidification and ocean carbon concentration
  • The animals interdependent on ocean ecosystem for food like some seal, walrus, and sea birds are affected due to scarcity of food through fishes
  • Corals are filter feeders and removing them will lead to eutrophication of coastal waters which in turn leads to algal bloom
  • Algal bloom leads to depletion of the ocean’s oxygen level
  • Corals are natural barriers and provide natural protection to shorelines and coastal landforms, removal will endanger the coastlines during floods, hurricanes, etc
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