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Human disruption on the Great Barrier Reef ecosystem since 2000
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Abstract
The Great Barrier Reef is currently experiencing severe environmental pollution and extreme climate, which put the whole local ecosystem in danger. This literature review collects 10 journals (articles) from different scholars to discuss what impact did human put on the Great Barrier Reef ecosystem, and how do the animals of Great Barrier Reef ecosystem react. Various animals in the Great Barrier Reef ecosystem are classified and separately discussed, including coral reef, its symbiotic algae, fish species, and then the author sums up the ecosystem as a whole. While summarizing and analyzing the scholars’ works, the Great Barrier Reef ecosystem needs to be protected through human intervention. Combining new ways of carbon-absorbing techniques to deal with extreme climate El Nino and pesticide control will be a potential solution of the Great Barrier ecosystem crisis.
Keywords
Great Barrier Reef, human disruption, ecosystem
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- Volume Title
- Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Biological Engineering and Medical Science
- ISBN (Print)
- 978-1-83558-213-8
- ISBN (Online)
- 978-1-83558-214-5
- Published Date
- 20 December 2023
- Series
- Theoretical and Natural Science
- ISSN (Print)
- 2753-8818
- ISSN (Online)
- 2753-8826
- DOI
- 10.54254/2753-8818/20/20230723
- Copyright
- 20 December 2023
- Open Access
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