Pollution Prevention
Queensland
Abiotic Factors
Temperature
The GBR has water temperatures of about 30℃/85℉ during the summer throughout the central and northern areas. 24℃/75℉ in winter and cooler water off the Sunshine Coast.
Sunlight
Reefs grow best in shallow, sunny, clear water. It is vital for the water to be clear and shallow so that they can obtain a lot of sunlight.
Precipitation
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Ocean currents
Ocean currents and waves are like the life blood of coral reef ecosystems: they bring nutrients, prey, and new recruits, and may carry away or dilute particles and harmful chemical compounds. Currents are the medium connecting reefs with estuaries, channels, mangrove forests and seagrass beds inshore, and with the deeper oceans that invariably lie offshore of the reef.
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