LIVING CORAL REEF, LEBENDE...

Categories

	Antique Prints
	Antique Maps
	Books
	Magazines
	Vintage Prints
	Modern Art Prints
	Local Victoria Artist
	Gustave Dore Art Prints

Special

Gift certificates
Links

Help

Vintage-Views Antique Prints and Maps :: Antique Prints :: Natural History :: Marine :: LIVING CORAL REEF, LEBENDE RIFFKORALLEN,1894 Original Antique Chromolithograph

LIVING CORAL REEF, LEBENDE RIFFKORALLEN,1894 Original Antique Chromolithograph

Click to enlarge

Coral reefs are aragonite structures produced by living organisms, found in shallow, tropical marine waters with little to no nutrients in the water. High nutrient levels such as that found in runoff from agricultural areas can harm the reef by encouraging the growth of algae.[1] In most reefs, the predominant organisms are stony corals, colonial cnidarians that secrete an exoskeleton of calcium carbonate (limestone). The accumulation of skeletal material, broken and piled up by wave action and bioeroders, produces a massive calcareous formation that supports the living corals and a great variety of other animal and plant life. Although corals are found both in temperate and tropical waters, reefs are formed only in a zone extending at most from 30°N to 30°S of the equator; the reef-forming corals do not grow at depths of over 30 m (100 ft) or where the water temperature falls below 16 °C (72 °F).

Published for Joseph Meyer Meyers Konversations

Details


SKU	052768k6
Quantity in stock	1 item(s) available
Price:	US$50.00

Options

Quantity

Add to cart

Your cart

Cart is empty

View cart
Money Order, Check or PayPal
Orders history

You don't need to register to purchase items. However, registering will keep you informed of specials and your subjects of interest.