AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -More than 90 percent of the world’s coral reefs occur in the Indo-West Pacific biogeographic region. Reef systems also can be found in the West Atlantic, East Atlantic, and East Pacific oceans between 30° N and 30° S.

Detailed explanation-2: -The coral reef is one of the major marine biomes. Although it is a relatively small biome, around 25% of the known marine species live in coral reefs.

Detailed explanation-3: -The ocean and coral reefs make up two types of marine biomes where organisms are influenced by depth and light availability.