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A 4 page description of limestone and reef formation in Biscayne National Park. The author describes processes and the complex ecology that has resulted. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Biscayne National Park is a relatively new invention from a geological standpoint. Indeed, its finishing touches were only being applied some one hundred thousand
years ago (National Park Service, 1998). Interestingly, however, that geology is the function not just of geological processes but also the function of biological processes. Furthermore, the contemporary
geological structure of Biscayne National Park can be credited as the most important driving force that resulted in the parks incredible ecological diversity.
The most recent reflection of geological processes in the Park is the fossil coral rock that can be found there. Coral, of course, is a biological product.
Coral reefs are the product of millions of years of evolution. Coral ancestors first appeared in the fossil record some two hundred to four hundred million years ago (Hinrichsen,
1997). The descendants of these organisms have survived major ice ages and sea level variations and today they form a reef that is one-hundred and fifty miles long (Nash,
1996, National Park Service, 1998). Part of that reef falls within Biscayne National Park and it makes up the Parks most distinctive geological feature. Coral reef, in fact,
is responsible for the islands emergence above sea level (National Park Service, 1998). Although the reef was formed by biological organisms,
those organisms built up the mineral composition that makes the island possible. That composition is calcium. It was originally extracted from the sea water by the polyps and
used to construct their tube-shaped homes, homes that in fact form the skeleton of the reef (National Park Service, 1998). The mature polyps are sedentary in nature, never leaving
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