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Measuring Biodiversity The common measure of biodiversity

• Measuring Biodiversity The common measure of biodiversity
• is the number of species that live in an area. For example, a
• coral reef can be home to thousands of species including corals,
• fish, algae, sponges, crabs, and worms. A coral reef has greater
• biodiversity than the shallow waters that surround it. Before
• deep-sea exploration, scientists thought that few organisms
• could live in dark, deep-sea waters. Although the number of
• organisms living there is likely to be less than the number of
• organisms on a coral reef, we know that the species biodiversity
• of deep-sea waters is as great as that of a coral reef.