Coral Reef Biome

A biome is an area or zone that is characterized by the animals, plants and soils that are controlled by a climate or that the plants, animals and soils are adapted to. Coral reefs actually live in their own biome, the coral reef biome, which is home to many other living creatures, such as starfish and some other mollusks.

However, the coral reef biome is just a smaller part of a much larger biome, the Euphotic Zone, which is in the marine biome, which is the top layer of the ocean which receives plenty of light from the sun. This euphotic zone also includes the coastline, which coral reefs protect.

Coral Reef Ecosystem

An ecosystem is defined as a community in which various organisms live and interact with each other and with their surroundings, the environment.

The coral reef ecosystem is the community of living plants and animals, such as coral polyps and starfish, their interactions with each other in their surrounding of water and other parts of the environment such as limestone. The coral reef ecosystem receives its initial energy from the sun, which is then turned into other forms of energy such as chemical energy through the plants of the coral reefs undertaking photosynthesis.