The fight over, it's time to get down to business.
戰斗結束,到辦正事的時候了。
Spawning is a brief affair.
產卵是短暫
Then the eggs are left to the mercy of the current.
然后卵就留給了寬容的水流
Life in the lagoon depends on a daily flushing of water from the open ocean.
礁湖的生命依靠來自開闊海洋的海水每日沖洗
This flows in through channels formed by natural gaps in the reef.
暗礁中天然缺口成了流經的通道
With each changing tide, a soupy river of debris and nutrients flows out of the lagoon and into the blue.
每次潮汐更替,充滿碎屑和養分的泥湯河,從礁湖流到外面的大海里
This attracts all sorts of life.
吸引著各種各樣的生命
One regular visitor to the channels is the gently gliding manta ray.
一個定期訪問通道的是輕緩滑行的蝠鲼
It filters out minute creatures floating in the currents.
過濾漂浮在洋流中的極小生物
But there's more than enough to go around.
食物太多足夠分配的