Ecosystem Crossword

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Across
  1. 6. Mangroves are important for coral providing what for smaller fish?
  2. 9. The expansion of ports and tourists affect corals by increasing
  3. 11. Happening in the oceans due an increase of carbon dioxide dissolving
  4. 12. This invasive fish is a threat to coral reef biodiversity
Down
  1. 1. This occurs when the symbiotic algae within the coral polyps are expelled
  2. 2. This runoff stimulates the growth of algae that cover corals
  3. 3. The high proportion of these on islands increases chances of new medicine/biomimetics
  4. 4. This type of fishing is most destructive to coral
  5. 5. This mollusc predates on the crown of thorns starfish
  6. 7. Invasive threat to endemic Galapagos tortoise
  7. 8. Example of invasive plant on Galapagos
  8. 10. In the Gulf of Mexico, several old what have been used as artificial reefs