When corals die, what will happen?

Small fish have no where to find shelter, and are also easier prey out in the open, so they have to move to other locations where corals are present. This affects the food web as the animals which prey on these small fish will slowly die of starvation if the fish are the only courcr of food they have. If they do have other sources of food, this food source will soon be depleted as there would have less food sources for the predators. The prey of the fish who relocate to other places will also be increasing in rapid amounts, with not enough predators to control them. This kills their food source as well, and sooner or later, the entire ecosystem would break down.

The loss of corals can even decrease the amount of money the city near the corals make, as less people would want to go scuba diving - since there are no more corals - and the tourism inductry would suffer. Yet, some countries still allow coral reefs to be wrecked.

When corals are destroyed, the water in that area would easily become muddy.

These are just some of the effects which would happen when corals die out.

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