而且我们也需要它们——它们是从建造珊瑚礁，到稳固海洋食物链，再到美味的蛤蜊酱意面的关键物种。

And we need them — they are keystone species for everything from building coral reefs to anchoring the ocean food chain to making a killer linguine and clam sauce.

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珊瑚礁是海洋食物链基础的一部分。

Coral reefs are part of the foundation of the ocean food chain.

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二氧化碳溶解后让海水越来越偏于酸性，从而毁掉余下的珊瑚礁并且消灭掉大量作为海洋食物链基础的浮游生物。

Dissolved CO2 turns the oceans increasingly acidic, destroying remaining coral reefs and wiping out many species of plankton which are the basis of the Marine food chain.

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