Continental Shelf
Intertidal: vertically stratified environment harboring many specially-adapted species
Photic zone-light penetrates
Benthic Zone-the bottom of the body of water
Coral Reefs-conspicuous and distinctive communities harboring many plants and animals, reefs are constructed of the skeletons of coral, and to a lesser extent, algae and other organisms. Algae, and coral harboring photosynthetic symbionts act as producers