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Three types of coral reefTres tipos de arrecife de coral© Copyright IPIECAhttp://www.ipieca.org/library/ 2/24/2012© Copyright IPIECAhttp://www.ipieca.org/library/ 2/24/2012
Compared with the healthy coral, the polyps (coral animals) are retracted, as the detail on the far right indicates.Comparado con el coral sano, los pólipos (parte viva del coral) estén retraídos, como puede verse en el detalle del extremo derecho.© Copyright IPIECAhttp://www.ipieca.org/library/ 2/24/2012© Copyright IPIECAhttp://www.ipieca.org/library/ 2/24/2012
This was the first major oil spill in a coral reef area where considerable baseline information was present prior to the spill.Este fue el primer derrame grave de hidrocarburos ocurrido en un área de arrecifes de coral en el que se disponía de una cantidad considerable de información de línea base existente antes del evento.© Copyright IPIECAhttp://www.ipieca.org/library/ 2/24/2012© Copyright IPIECAhttp://www.ipieca.org/library/ 2/24/2012
These range from deserts, mangroves, wetlands, coral reefs, tropical rainforests to frozen tundra, and from rural areas inhabited by indigenous communities to heavily populated urban environments.Estos van desde desiertos, manglares, pantanos, arrecifes de coral, bosques lluviosos tropicales a tundras heladas, y desde áreas rurales habitadas por comunidades indígenas a entornos urbanos muy poblados.© Copyright 2012 IPIECAhttp://www.ipieca.org/library/ 1/5/2012© Copyright 2012 IPIECAhttp://www.ipieca.org/library/ 1/5/2012
Since Statoil found the first coral reef at 70°N in 1982, cooperation with the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research (IMR) has identified a number of coral reefs off the Norwegian coast.Desde que Statoil fundó el primer arrecife de corales a 70°N en 1982, la cooperación con el Instituto Noruego de Investigación Marina (IMR) ha identificado una serie de arrecifes de coral fuera de la costa noruega.© Copyright 2012 IPIECAhttp://www.ipieca.org/library/ 1/5/2012© Copyright 2012 IPIECAhttp://www.ipieca.org/library/ 1/5/2012
THE CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMEL ARRECIFE DE CORAL COMO ECOSISTEMA© Copyright IPIECAhttp://www.ipieca.org/library/ 2/24/2012© Copyright IPIECAhttp://www.ipieca.org/library/ 2/24/2012
The stony reef-building corals provide shelter and substratum for a wide variety of organisms, and with their calcium carbonate skeletons help form the physical basis of the reef.Los corales pétreos constructores de arrecife proporcionan cobijo y sustrato a una gran variedad de organismos, y con sus esqueletos de carbonato de calcio ayudan a formar la base física del arrecife.© Copyright IPIECAhttp://www.ipieca.org/library/ 2/24/2012© Copyright IPIECAhttp://www.ipieca.org/library/ 2/24/2012
Many corals and other invertebrates were also affected.Muchos de los corales y otros invertebrados fueron también afectados.© Copyright IPIECAhttp://www.ipieca.org/library/ 2/24/2012© Copyright IPIECAhttp://www.ipieca.org/library/ 2/24/2012
The whole process of weathering (including evaporation and effect of sunlight) can also cause oil to sink and come into contact with deeper corals.Todo el proceso de degradación natural (incluida la evaporación y el efecto de la luz solar) puede hacer también que el hidrocarburo se hunda y entre en contacto con los corales más profundos.© Copyright IPIECAhttp://www.ipieca.org/library/ 2/24/2012© Copyright IPIECAhttp://www.ipieca.org/library/ 2/24/2012
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coral reef
arrecife de coral
coral reef
arrecife coralino
coral beads
coral
coral beads
corales
coral island
isla coralina
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