珊瑚

But unless herbivory is unusually low, this will not create a phase shift from the Great Barrier Reef being primarily made up of coral to being primarily made up of algae.

除非在植食动物异常少，否则基本上由珊瑚组成大堡礁珊瑚变异为几乎由海藻组成的情况是不会发生的。

It is thought that the mechanism behind excess nutrients affecting the reefs is due to increased light and oxygen competition from algae,[9] but unless herbivory is unusually low, this will not create a phase shift from the Great Barrier Reef being primarily made up of coral to being primarily made up of algae.

有人认为，珊瑚之所以受到了营养物质过剩的影响，背后的原因是海藻导致了光照和氧气竞争的加剧。除非植食生物出现异常性减少，大堡礁的珊瑚被海藻所替代的情况就不可能出现。

"Healthy and intact coral reefs need large predatory fish in order to continue to provide human societies with food and with beauty," study author Chris Stallings, a researcher at Florida State University's Coastal and Marine Laboratory, told National Geographic News.

克里斯。斯大林斯------佛罗里达州立大学海洋海岸实验室的研究学者在接受美国国家地理杂志采访时指出：健康且完整的珊瑚嶕群落给人类社会提供了更多的食物和丰富观赏性，珊瑚嶕的保护离不开大型食肉鱼类

These ECOPATH models showed that the proportion of benthic invertebrates was higher, but that of macroalgae was lower in soft-coral-dominated systems than in stony-coral-dominated systems. Sedimented organic detritus was higher in sea-anemone-dominated systems.

模式结果显示不同群聚之生态系的差别除了优势生物群聚不同外，软珊瑚区的底栖无脊椎动物比例较硬珊瑚区高，且藻类较少，而海葵区的沉积有机碎屑较多，但三区的鱼类生物量都不多。

The coral is thought to have formed initially on a flat surface: then as the sea-level rose in post-glacial times, thereby submerging the irregular wave-cut platform, the coral growth kept pace with the rising ocean level, so creating the great thickness witnessed today in such places as the Great Barrier Reef off the East coast of Queensland, Australia.

珊瑚被认为最初在平面上形成：然后随著冰河期海平面的上升，淹没了这不规则的波浪冲刷成的平台，珊瑚的生长和海平面的上升同步，因此造成了今天所看到的巨大的珊瑚礁，像澳大利亚昆士兰州东海岸线大堡礁。

Shallow-water corals owe their beautiful colors in part to symbiotic algae, which live inside the coral cells.

浅水珊瑚的美丽色彩，部份是来自生存于珊瑚细胞内的共生藻。

The most valuable colors of coral are red, black, and pale pink, which is known as angel skin coral.

最有价值的颜色是红色的珊瑚、黑、粉红、苍白，堪称天使皮肤珊瑚。

Dr Silverman's team studied the bolism of a northern Red Sea coral reef to assess its sensitivity to environmental conditions.

西尔弗曼博士的团队为了评估珊瑚对环境条件的敏感度，研究了红海北部珊瑚的新陈代谢。

The ancient belief in the protective and invigorating powers of coral lives on in the traditional present of red coral necklaces for small children.

古老的信仰权的保护和振兴传统珊瑚生活在红珊瑚出席项链小孩。

Deep red Soft Coral everywhere leaning over hard corals and blue starfish.

到处都是深红色的软珊瑚依靠在硬珊瑚和蓝色海星上。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。