Cold water corals, like those found off the coast of British Columbia, are equally threatened by global warming than their tropical counterparts.
Wherever these corals live, they help build habitats that provide nurseries, refuges and feeding grounds for other marine wildlife, and help improve biological diversity and abundance local authorities, CCIRA said in a 2021 online statement. A species of tropical coral reefs, Lophelia Reef leaves hard calcium carbonate skeletons for the next generation to grow on.
A quote from Central Coast Indigenous Resource Alliance (CCIRA)
Lophelia Reef may join wolffish, spirit bears, sea lions and herring among the ocean wonders of British Columbia's north and central coasts, adds Cherisse Du Preez
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