Taking Apart a Coral Reef: ... to find out how it works! (Inside Info)

Peel back, take apart, reassemble and enjoy the awesome science of a coral reef!Inside Info: Taking Apart a Coral Reef is full of all the most colourful, microscopic and surprising features of a coral reef.Picking apart the built-up layers of this beautiful biome - the tough coral skeleton and the delicate polyp structures - and uncovering the reef's many inhabitants, we get to know the pieces and partnerships that make a coral reef so vital to our oceans.Finally, see how it all goes back together as a symbiotic whole, and learn the science of saving reefs around the world. Contents include: Welcome to the coral reef / Under the surface / Coral polyps / Stingers and algae / Reef growers / Life on the reef / Fish around the reef / Nooks and crannies / Camouflage / Colours and patterns / Predators / Building up a reef / Reefs in danger (bleaching, invasive species, climate change)Inside Info is a stylish and engrossing series of books diving into the layers of things kids are curious abo