Lagoons

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Lagoons

[1] -shallow water surrounded by barriers such as coral reefs, barrier islands, sand bars.

Coastal Lagoons

-sheltered by sandbars or barrier islands. sometimes called estuaries.

Atoll Lagoons

-sheltered by coral reefs

Hapua

-primarily freshwater, located near river mouths

Locations

-Sounds of North Carolina -Great barrier reef lagoon -Venice -Maldives -New Caledonia[2]

Plant and Animal life in Lagoons

-numerous species of fish endemic to lagoon conditions such as in new caledonia[3][4]

Importance to Coral Reefs

[5] -serve as a nursery area for a number of species[6]

Dangers: Eutrophication

[7] -being near shore, runoff and other human influences lead to eutorophication which destroys the habitat making it unusable for current species

References

  1. ↑ http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/lagoon/?ar_a=1
  2. ↑ http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1115
  3. ↑ http://www.eoearth.org/view/article/150626/
  4. ↑ Marquet, G. & Mary, N. 1999. Comments on some New Caledonian freshwater fishes of economical and biogeographical interest. In B. Seret & J.-Y. Sire. (Eds.), Proc. 5th Indo-Pac. Fish Conference, Noumea, 1997. pp. 29-39.
  5. ↑ http://imedea.uib-csic.es/master/cambioglobal/Modulo_III_cod101608/Tema_9-eutrofizacion_hipoxia%20agua+sedimento/eutrofizacion%20+%20impacto%20hipoxia/water%20res%2026%20pp553-568.pdf
  6. ↑ http://www.batiquitosfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Factsheet_Fish.pdf
  7. ↑ http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/techrpt/83-01.pdf
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