Astonishing Symbiosis
Coral reefs are biomes consisting of an extreme biodiversity of organisms. As they are home to about 25% of the world's marine life, obviously there are numerous different plants and animals that can be found in coral reefs all over the world (and varying slightly depending on world locations). Inside these two broad categories, you can pick almost any organism (for example corals) and for most there are hundreds of different species or variations of that specific organism. In conclusion there are an uncountable number of symbiotic relationships that flourish between all these various organisms extremely diverse coral reefs.
Below we have a sample food web of the Great Barrier Reef, the largest coral reef located just off the coast of Australia. As you can see, there are many different symbiotic relationships between organisms and numerous amounts of potential food chains. Though the arrows depicting energy flow are going the wrong way (from consumers, not producers) you can get the basic idea that there are many different symbiotic relationships existing in each individual coral reef ecosystem.
Below we have a sample food web of the Great Barrier Reef, the largest coral reef located just off the coast of Australia. As you can see, there are many different symbiotic relationships between organisms and numerous amounts of potential food chains. Though the arrows depicting energy flow are going the wrong way (from consumers, not producers) you can get the basic idea that there are many different symbiotic relationships existing in each individual coral reef ecosystem.