- Overfishing: 95% of aquarium fish comes from coral reefs.
- Pollution: runoff from land, trash in the ocean, and poor water quality due to the copper found in the ocean.
- Disease: human pollution and destruction o the biome has created harmful diseases to the organisms such as Aspergillus in sea fans
- Digging of Canals: a serious threat to the marine life's ecosystems
Question:
What is one way to decrease human impact on the Florida Coral Reef?
Sources:
Content - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_issues_with_coral_reefs#Other_issues
Picture- http://reefguardian.org/CRM/DownloadSite/FLORIDA/FloridaKeys.html
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