Who Needs a Reef?

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