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Why are coral reefs important to ocean life? Coral reefs take carbon dioxide out of the water and secrete it into their skeletons. Corals provide an important cleaning function by filtering debris from the water. Corals are an important link in the benthic food chain. Coral reefs provide food, shelter, and breeding grounds for thousands of marine organisms. Coral reefs grow upward to near sea level, providing shallow zones for benthic organisms.

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Coral reefs are important becase they provide an important ecosystem for underwater life, they also not only protect the underwater world but also are safety as well it works as a buffer and it protects are coasts form waves , storms, and floods. Also the coral reefs themselves teem with diverse life thousands can be found in just one reef.
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