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The Florida Reef is the only living coral barrier reef in the continental United States It is also the third largest coral barrier reef system in the world after the Great Barrier Reef and the Belize Barrier Reef the reef lies a little bit off of the coast of the Florida Keys a lot of the reef lies within John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park which was the first underwater park in the United States the park contains a lot of tropical vegetation marine life and seabirds the Florida Reef extends into other parks and sanctuaries as well including Dry Tortugas National Park Biscayne National Park and the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Almost 1,400 species of marine plants and animals including more than 40 species of stony corals and 500 species of fish live on the Florida Reef the Florida Reef being a delicate ecosystem like other coral reefs faces many threats including overfishing plastics in the ocean coral bleaching rising sea levels and changes in sea surface temperature. Western Atlantic Subarctic Main article: Draining and development of the Everglades The Miami Herald is a daily newspaper owned by the McClatchy Company and headquartered in Doral Florida a city in western Miami-Dade County and the Miami metropolitan area several miles west of downtown Miami Founded in 1903 it is the second largest newspaper[citation needed] in South Florida serving Miami-Dade Broward and Monroe Counties it also circulates throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. . Metrobus serves all of Miami-Dade County, Miami Florida Business directory The Miami area is also host to minor league sports college sports and other sports:.

. (20.6) 76.1 College of Business Complex 2008, 5 References In October 2001 Deputy Superintendent Henry Fraind retired under pressure after it was discovered that a clique of longtime administrators and powerful outsiders had exploited the district's vast resources Fraind had received his Ph.D from Pacific Western University (Hawaii) in 1982 a noted diploma mill. Much of the coast and the inner estuaries are built of mangroves; there is no border between the coastal marshes and the bay Thus the marine ecosystems in Florida Bay are considered to be a part of the Everglades watershed and one of the ecosystems connected to and affected by the Everglades as a whole More than 800 square miles (2,100 km2) of Florida Bay is protected by Everglades National Park representing the largest body of water in the park boundaries There are approximately 100 keys in Florida Bay many of which are mangrove forests the fresh water coming into Florida Bay from the Everglades creates perfect conditions for vast beds of turtle grass and algae formations that are the foundation for animal life in the bay Sea turtles and manatees eat the grass while invertebrate animals such as worms clams and other mollusks eat the algae formations and microscopic plankton Female sea turtles return annually to nest on the shore and manatees spend the winter months in the warmer water of the bay Sea grasses also serve to stabilize the sea beds and protect shorelines from erosion by absorbing energy from waves. Although the Big Cypress is the largest growth of cypress swamps in South Florida cypress swamps can be found near the Atlantic Coastal Ridge and between Lake Okeechobee and the Eastern flatwoods as well as in sawgrass marshes Cypresses are deciduous conifers that are uniquely adapted to thrive in flooded conditions with buttressed trunks and root projections that protrude out of the water called "knees" Bald cypress trees grow in formations with the tallest and thickest trunks in the center rooted in the deepest peat As the peat thins out cypresses grow smaller and thinner giving the small forest the appearance of a dome from the outside They also grow in strands slightly elevated on a ridge of limestone bordered on either side by sloughs Other hardwood trees can be found in cypress domes such as red maple swamp bay and pop ash If cypresses are removed the hardwoods take over and the ecosystem is recategorized as a mixed swamp forest. The Miami area is also host to minor league sports college sports and other sports: 2.1.1 Types of operations At least three airplanes have crashed in the Everglades including: Northwest Airlines Flight 705 (in 1963) Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (1972) and ValuJet Flight 592 (1996). PortMiami boasts the title "cruise capital of the world" and is the busiest cruise/passenger port in the world it accommodates the operations of such major cruise lines as Carnival Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Line It is home to the Symphony of the Seas the largest cruise ship in the world Currently the following ships are based in Miami: Carnival Sensation Carnival Glory Carnival Victory Carnival Splendor Empress of the Seas Navigator of the Seas Norwegian Getaway Norwegian Sky Disney Magic; The housing market crash of 2007 caused a foreclosure crisis in the area in 2012 Forbes magazine named Miami the most miserable city in the United States because of the crippling housing crisis that cost multitudes of residents their homes and jobs in addition the metro area has one of the highest violent crime rates in the country and workers face lengthy daily commutes Like other metro areas in the United States crime in Miami is localized to specific neighborhoods In a 2016 study by the website 24/7 Wall Street Miami was rated as the worst U.S city in which to live based on crime poverty income inequality and housing costs that far exceed the national median.