Books with title Who Needs a Reef?: A Coral Ecosystem

Karen Patkau takes readers on an amazing voyage of discovery to find out • How coral reefs form • Why coral reefs bustle and teem with life • Why there are more kinds of living things on coral reefs than anywhere else in the sea • What the types of hard corals are • Which plants and animals attach themselves to coral reefs • How coral reefs protect shorelines • How coral reefs help develop natural harbors and beaches • Where the coral reef areas of the world are • Why we need coral reefs

Karen Patkau takes readers on an amazing voyage of discovery to find out • How deserts are formed • Where deserts are found • How plants and animals adapt to the severe environment • What wildlife thrives there • Which plants bloom under the blazing sun • How desert plants and animals get energy and food • What happens in the rainy seasons • Why desert land becomes barren • Why we need deserts

This title will introduce readers to coral reef ecosystems, the plants and animals that thrive there, its climate, its food web, any threats to it, and conservation efforts. Readers will also learn about the most well known coral reefs and their unique characteristics. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Karen Patkau takes readers on an amazing voyage of discovery to find out - How coral reefs form - Why coral reefs bustle and teem with life - Why there are more kinds of living things on coral reefs than anywhere else in the sea - What the types of hard corals are - Which plants and animals attach themselves to coral reefs - How coral reefs protect shorelines - How coral reefs help develop natural harbors and beaches - Where the coral reef areas of the world are - Why we need coral reefs

Karen Patkau takes readers on an amazing voyage of discovery to find out - How deserts are formed - Where deserts are found - How plants and animals adapt to the severe environment - What wildlife thrives there - Which plants bloom under the blazing sun - How desert plants and animals get energy and food - What happens in the rainy seasons - Why desert land becomes barren - Why we need deserts