Ocean Life
By Helen Scales
Publisher : Bloomsbury
ISBN : 9781472958822
Publish Year : 2020
Total Books : 12
Available : 11
Status : Available
About This Book
Although they make up only 10 per cent of the ocean, these shallow waters of coastal seas (within 230 km of land) are home to 90 per cent of all marine species. Here sunlight reaches the sea floor, so plants can grow. These provide food for animals, protection from predators and a safe place for animals to breed and raise young. The coastal seas are made up of many different ecosystems including coral reefs, river estuaries, rock pools, salt marshes, mangrove forests and fields of underwater sea grasses.