How many beautiful fish and other creatures are actually in the water under my overwater bungalow?

Dive down with me under the overwater bungalow I rented in Moorea. Not just fish...look what else we saw! Do you want your students to read more about coral reefs? https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Informational-Text-Passages-on-Coral-Reefs-Ecosystems-Human-Impact-4677574

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The attraction toward Moorea is no surprise; the island is a geographical marvel. Eight voluminous mountain peaks rise from its translucent lagoon, creating a distinctive and rugged silhouette visible from the western coast of Tahiti. Splitting the northern shore are two symmetrical bays: Cook's (Paopao) and Opunohu Bay.
Coral reefs worldwide have been harmed in recent years by everything from disease outbreaks and storm damage to severe heat stress and bleaching. The main culprits are warmer temperatures and more acidic water, thanks to the far-reaching impacts of excess CO2 from the burning of fossil fuels.

Amidst this doom and gloom, however, a recent study by Moorea Coral Reef LTER researchers provides hope for reef survival. They found that after a five-year period of massive coral cover loss in Moorea’s outer reefs (down to less than 3% live coral), a rapid population re-growth led to an astounding recovery of 25-74% live coral cover only 7 years later—likely one of the highest coral reef recovery rates recorded to date.

Unlike the chronic coral reef degradation and mortality observed in regions like the Caribbean and Great Barrier Reef, Moorea’s outer reef communities have shown high resilience to changing ocean conditions over the last decade. These corals have responded to major disturbances via death followed by rapid replacement by millions of coral colonies (especially Pocillopora species) with high genetic diversity.