TY - BOOK AU - Gibbons,Gail TI - Coral reefs AV - QH541.5.C7 G53 2007 U1 - 577.7/89 22 PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - Holiday House KW - Coral reef ecology KW - Juvenile literature KW - Coral reefs and islands N1 - Q; 920 ; Lexile; Q ; Raz-Plus N2 - Marine biologists believe coral reefs existed 400 million years ago, when dinosaurs roamed the earth. Today this active environment is home to about 20,000 kinds of brilliantly coloured corals, plants, and animals-more sea creatures than are found anywhere else in the world. The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is so large that astronauts can see it from outer space ER -