Ecosystem_services_delivered_by_epibenthic_bivalve_reefs-Ysebaert-T.et-all-Wikimedia April 1, 2022 785 × 381 Biodiversity Hot Spots are Boosted by Birding Coral reefs protect shoreline, an ‘ecosystem service.’ Photo Credit: Ysebaert-T.et-al via WIkimedia Commons