Question

The coral reef community would be best described as Select one: a. a hard, stony desert that is nevertheless beautiful. b. a common view of the ocean bottom but only seen in shallow water near the shoreline. c. a densely populated community that only occurs in shallow water near the shoreline. d. a community based on animals that migrate from one area of the ocean to another. e. undersea flowers.

Answer 1

c. a densely populated community that only occurs in shallow water near the shoreline.

Step-by-step explanation:

• The corals are found in shallow and dense waters and reef corals are only formed in the shallow waters and mostly occur in the tropical and the subtropical waters. And occur in colonies of colonies of polyps and held together by the calcium carbonates and are found near the shores and provides protection to the shoreline.