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- Hawaii's coral reefs12345:
- Feed, shelter and provide habitats for fish.
- Protect the shoreline from wave and sand erosion.
- Create Hawaii’s famous white sand beaches and underwater paradise.
- Have 410,000 acres of living reef in the main islands alone, more than the landmass of Oahu.
- Possess some of the highest marine endemism recorded for a number of taxa.
- Are exposed to large open ocean swells, which play an important role in structuring the coral reef community.
- Are home to one of the highest concentrations of endemic marine species anywhere on Earth.
- Account for about 85 percent of all coral reefs in the United States.
- Are central to the local culture, forming the foundation behind many traditions, foods, sacred ceremonies, and leisure activities.
- Have some of the most extensive deep coral reefs on record, with several large areas of 100 percent coral cover.
Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.The reef ecosystem feeds, shelters and provides habitats for fish, protects the shoreline from wave and sand erosion and creates Hawaii’s famous white sand beaches and underwater paradise. The Hawaiian Islands have 410,000 acres of living reef in the main islands alone, more than the landmass of Oahu.www.hawaii.edu/ssri/cron/files/pr_fs-facts.pdfHawaiʻi is one of the most isolated archipelagos in the world and therefore possesses some of the highest marine endemism recorded for a number of taxa. The location of Hawaiʻi in the middle of the Pacific Ocean exposes its coral reefs to large open ocean swells, which play an important role in structuring the coral reef community.www.fisheries.noaa.gov/pacific-islands/ecosystems…Hawaiʻi is a crucial site for global coral reef conservation. Its islands are home to one of the highest concentrations of endemic marine species anywhere on Earth and 85% of the United States’ coral reefs. These reefs are central to the local culture, forming the foundation behind many traditions, foods, sacred ceremonies, and leisure activities.coral.org/en/where-we-work/hawaiian-islands/The Hawaiian Coral Reef: Important, but threatened Stretching for more than 1200 miles (2000 km) in the Central Pacific, Hawaiian coral reefs account for about 85 percent of all coral reefs in the United States.www.to-hawaii.com/troubles/hawaiian-coral-reef.phpNOAA-supported scientists working in the Hawaiian Archipelago are calling some of the deep coral reefs found in the region’s so-called oceanic “twilight zone” the most extensive on record, with several large areas of 100 percent coral cover.www.noaa.gov/media-release/hawaiian-deep-coral … Hawaii's coral reefs are in peril. What researchers are doing to ...
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