When sediments are released slowly, the nutrients in them help sustain life in the lagoon, so everything flourishes. 沉积物被缓慢分解，其中的营养滋养了环礁湖中的生物，生命因此繁荣。 Where conditions are just right, cor...
These huge tracts of rainforest close to the Queensland coast are essential because they regulate the flow of water and the sediment it contains. 位于昆士兰海岸附近的大片树林是不可或缺的，因为它们调节了水流量和其中的沉...
This creature is much more than a passive drifter. 这种生物可不是随波逐流的流浪汉。 It can move as fast as an Olympic swimmer, and it has 24 eyes, each complete with a lens that can form a detailed image. 它可以游得像奥运运动员...
When they leave the safety of the mangroves, they must cross that sandy desert and manyhazards waiting for them in the lagoon. 在离开安全的红树林之后，它们得跨越空旷的沙质荒漠，环礁湖里有许多危险等待着它们。 Th...
All of this food makes the mangrove a great place for fish. 这使得红树林成为鱼儿的天堂。 Small residents as well as youngsters that will one day move out to the barrier reef. 这些小鱼和幼鱼有一天会离开红树林，前往大堡...
Bacteria break down the trapped sediment and other organic material, helping create tons and tons of sticky mud, a whole new home for wild life. 细菌分解掉这些沉积物和其他有机物质，最后一起变成成吨的淤泥，淤泥成就了又...
They won't stay here forever. 它们也不会一直在这里逗留。 When they are bigger, they won't be able to hide amongst the slender stems, and they'll look for a better hiding place, maybe one even closer to land. 等它们长大一些，无法在...
A combination of all these factors means the population in the southern part of the reef has halfed in the last decade. 综合以上因素，在过去的10年里，大堡礁南部地区的儒艮数量下降了一半。 Now there are just 11 thousand...
This is not seaweed,but a marine relative of water lily, known as seagrass. 这些不是海藻，而是睡莲科植物的海中远亲，又称海草。 It grows in flowers in vast meadows in clear water, around the islands and along the shore of the...
The water within the immediate vicinity of the wreck is an area of incredibly intense and violent predatory activity. 而在紧贴沉船的周边水域里，是气氛紧绷，危机四伏的猎场。 For the small fish that call the Yongala their hom...
