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Define a coastal ecosystem

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provides a wide range of services

CSPR

  • —> Cultural
  • —> Supporting
  • —> Provisioning
  • —>Regulating
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What is provisioning service

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Fish / seafood

  • —> main dietary protein
  • —> Greenland earns 72% of income from fish products

Water

  • —> Provide sheltered harbors
  • —> wave energy to electrical energy
  • —> supply 10% world energy needs

Building & ornamental materials

  • —> Mangroves & coral reefs
  • —> Mangrove wood: build boats, build houses/shelters, charcoal
  • —> Corals: Cement, ornaments, souvenirs
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What is regulating service

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Shoreline stabilization

  • —> Coral reefs & mangroves cause waves to break and lose energy
  • —> reduces shoreline erosion

Flood prevention

  • —> wide, sandy beach: disperse water
  • —> sand dunes: barriers
  • —> wetlands(mangroves/lagoons): contain water

Storm and natural hazard protection
—-> Mangroves: absorb wave energy

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supporting service

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Mangrove habitat

  • —> Provide food
  • —> Area btw roots, mud and water: breeding ground for fish, shellfish and waterbirds
  • —> Dense network of roots, leaves and mud: offer protection from predators

Beach habitat

  • —> fishes
  • —> birds
  • —> turtles
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Uses of coastal areas ( LORMS )

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  • —> fishes & aquaculture
  • —> housing & transportation
  • —> tourism & recreation
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Fishes & aquaculture

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EXPLANATION

  • —> fisheries: fish are bred & raised
  • —> aquaculture: farming fish in cages/ponds close to the coast
  • —> high demand for fish

EXAMPLE

  • —> Ca Mau, Vietnam
  • —> nation’s shrimp production
  • —> cleared mangroves to create shrimp farms
  • —> US $800 million in 2010
  • —> China, India. Vietnam, Indonesia
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Housing & transportation

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EXPLANATION

  • —> Stilt houses: live on coasts
  • —> Transport: boats
  • —> coasts used for everyday activities
  • —> daily tides remove household wastes

EXAMPLE

  • —> Kukup, Malaysia
  • —> Air Masin is a village
  • —> 180 stilt houses
  • —> floating fish farms
  • —> sell fresh fish + marine products
  • —> Transport: Boats for fishing, ferry services for tourists
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Tourism & recreation

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EXPLANATION

  • —> Tourism: movement of ppl for leisure purposes
  • —> Recreation: activities done for enjoyment when one is not working

EXAMPLE

  • —> Sentosa, Singapore
  • —> many developments + attractions
  • —> ONE 15 marina club: recreational boat facilities
  • —> Resorts World Sentosa: Hotels and museums
  • —> 19 million visitors in 2011
  • —> 600% increase from 2003
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What are coral reefs?

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CORALS
—-> structures that develop at/slightly below sea level on the seabed

POLYPS

  • —> reefs contains polyps
  • —> Polyps: tiny coral animals
  • —> polyps secrete CaCO3 as protection
  • —> when they die, leave empty outer limestone skeletons
  • —> subsequent generation of polyps built on it

POLYPS & ALGAE RS

  • —> Polyps: nutrients and CO2 for algae
  • —> Algae: sugars and O2 for polyps
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Where are corals

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  • —> widely distributed
  • —> mostly found btw Tropic of Cancer(northern hemisphere) & Tropic of Capricon (southern hemisphere)
  • —> SEA: 70000cm 2 corals
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Conditions affecting growth

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WWTTSS

  • —> Wave action
  • —> Water depth
  • —> Temperature
  • —> Turbidity
  • —> Sendimentation
  • —> Salinity
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Wave action

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+

  • —> increases food and O2
  • —> prevent sediments from suffocating corals

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—-> storm waves destructive to corals

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Water depth

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+

  • —> 10-60m
  • —> allows sunlight to penetrate
  • —> photosynthesis
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Temperature

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+

—-> 17-18 degrees

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Turbidity

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—-> high turbidity: restricts sunlight penetration

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Sedimentation

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-

Suffocate corals

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Salinity

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It is the amount of salt in water

+
—-> average

-
—-> low salinity prevents growth

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Value of corals

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HABITAT

  • —> support natural ecosystems
  • —> home for marine creatures
  • —> support >25% fish
  • —> provide food for creatures

PREVENT EROSION
—-> absorb wave energy

TOURISM

  • —> millions of visitors
  • —> souvenirs
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Pressures on corals

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PROF SUCC

  • —> Pollution
  • —> Recreational use of coast
  • —> Overcollecting
  • —> Fishing methods
  • —> Siltation
  • —> Untreated sewage
  • —> Coastal developments
  • —> Climate change
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Pollution

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Sewage
Industrial: oils & heavy metals
Agricultural: fertilizers & chemicals

  • —> water turns turbid/murky
  • —> prevent sunlight penetration

Philippines

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Recreational use of coasts

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Building: facilities
Anchoring: boats
Trampling: boats

  • —> waste discharged
  • —> boat damage corals

Sri Lanka

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Overcollecting

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  • —> overfishing
  • —> disrupts ecosystem’s food chain

Philippines

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fishing methods

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Dynamite blasting
Cyanide
Spearfishing

  • —> habitat destroyed
  • —> disrupt ecosystem of food chain

Philippines, Indonesia, the Netherlands

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Siltation

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  • —> Sediments cleared of forests washed into waters
  • —> corals suffocate

India

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untreated sewage
- ---> waste deposited into the sea - ---> reefs destroyed Sri Lanka
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Climate change
- ---> rise in sea temp & levels faster than ability of corals to adjust - ---> Coral bleaching: loss of algae, algae turns white/bleach Seychelles
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Coastal developments
- ---> Extension of land by dumping sand/rocks onto reefs (Japan) - ---> More waste from urban areas (Florida) - ---> Suffocate corals
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What are mangroves?
- ---> salt-tolerant plants | - ---> grow in tidal mud on sheltered coasts
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Distribution of mangroves
- ---> Btw Tropic of Cancer and tropic of Capricorn - ---> patches of mangroves further north and south of these tropics - ---> Malay peninsula, Borneo, New Guinea, Northern Australia
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Adaptations of mangroves
ROOTS - ---> Special aerial roots: take in O2 in waterlogged conditions - ---> stilts/prop roots: anchor trees firmly in the soft, muddy ground FRUITS - ---> Javelin-shaped: pierce soft mud to germinate immediately - ---> Buoyant: float LEAVES - ---> salt tolerant - ---> secrete excess salt
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Zonation of mangroves ( seaward front )
- ---> strong tides - ---> sendiment changes - ---> pencil roots: maintain stability & anchorage
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Zonation of mangroves ( middle )
- ---> more dense - ---> sedimentation important for mangroves to maintain greater heights - ---> Prop roots: support their heights
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Zonation ( inland )
- ---> roots trap soil | - ---> soil essential for plant growth
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Value of mangroves
HABITAT - ---> fish - ---> oysters, shrimps, crabs in roots STABILISING SHORELINES - ---> absorb wave energy - ---> prevent erosion of coasts FUEL - ---> provide wood for fuel - ---> charcoal WATER - ---> natural filters for water - ---> roots purify the water
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