Sentences with phrase «brain coral»

The highlights of this trip are the mountains of brain coral, which grow up to 20 feet.

There are more than 25 dive sites in the Speyside area, including some of the most beautiful coral gardens the island has to offer and the largest brain coral in the Caribbean, which measures 12 feet high and 16 feet across.

Laboratory studies have examined the effects of ocean acidification on many types of corals and coralline algae, revealing a range of responses from a 3 % to 60 % decline in calcification rate for a doubling of atmospheric CO2.ref A recent study of brain corals in Bermuda found that calcification rates have declined by 25 % over the past 50 years and ocean acidification is a likely contributing factor.

Brain coral with intricate mazelike patterns.

Colonies ofthese polyps form the structure of the coral reef growing in strange and exotic shapes that give the different varieties their popular names, such as brain coral, staghorn coral and elkhorn coral.

Benthic life includes grooved brain coral, smooth flower coral, stinker sponges and social feather dusters.

On this dive site you can see huge brain corals and barrel sponges in pristine conditions.

The plethora of marine life includes brain corals, star corals, sponges, sea fans, parrot fishes, snappers, angelfishes, moray eels, stingrays, sharks and turtles to name a few.

Give your children an unforgettable experience — snorkel or scuba dive the crystal - clear, warm waters of the Florida Keys to view the only living coral reef in the continental U.S. Head to John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park and the adjacent Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, where kids can see brain corals and sea fans up - close and swim with rays, turtles and tropical fish.

1/2 day snorkel at Mexico Rocks and Tres Cocos where you will see large brain coral formations and a vibrant population of marine life.

And the reefs where we snorkeled, their bright staghorns cracked and bleaching, lobotomized, with brain corals stacked like bowling balls among the palm trees...

One puffs up brain coral, while another, called «red stripe,» mows tissue off the coral skeleton in a brilliant red line.

Seabirds soared overhead, drawn to the rich sea life in Buccoo Reef, a protected habitat where star coral, elkhorn coral and brain coral thrive.

Biggest of all is the boulder - size Brain Coral, with its grooves carefully aligned to funnel away any sediment that could smoother its polyps.

These Coral Ridges, up to 200 feet in length, commonly consist of Blushing and Mountainous Coral, Mustard Hill and Starlet Coral, Brain and Knobby Brain Coral, Thin Leaf and Lettuce Coral and Sponges.

A beautiful dive site with beautiful brain corals and gorgonians all around.

Groupers hover over brain corals or in giant sponges; a sort of expression on their would - be faces that lies between gloomy and grumpy.

The reef is made of such interesting architecture it seems to have been designed by a mastermind: expanding fans, rolling brain coral, color dappled arches, rivers of wrasse, swim - throughs shimmering with tiny glittering silver sides can simply be summed as magical.

Giant patches of hard brain coral spread out over smooth boulders.

There are giant sea rods, massive brain corals and boulder star corals.

The tranquil lagoon is home to 150 different species of hard corals and 15 species of soft, from staghorns to brain coral bommies.

-- Calkarious: A co-op shooter where you must defend a powerful brain coral under constant siege by bioluminescent creatures.

Giant Brain Coral formations which create miniature under sea habitats and islands for various corals and marine animals.

Colonies of these polyps form the reef structure growing in strange and exotic shapes from which the different varieties of corals take their popular names, such as brain coral, staghorn coral and elkhorn coral.

Let the currents carry you through a narrow cut that leads to the largest brain coral in the Caribbean.

You can expect to see bushy black coral, grooved brain coral, smooth flower coral and sea rods.

Colonies of brain coral can be seen at Mexico Rocks, Hol Chan and throughout the reef.

When you ride the currents from Kelleston Drain through Kamikaze Cut, keep an eye out for the largest brain coral in the Caribbean.

You will discover a varied assortment of corals in this region as well, including brain coral, black coral, white coral, fire coral, flower coral, star coral, leaf coral, pillar coral, sea fans, gorgonians, elk horn coral, sea rods, stag horn coral, sea whips and club finger coral.

Brilliantly coloured sea fans, brain corals, sergeant major fishes, and sting rays, will fascinate your kids while an informed guide teaches them about these marine gems!

About 70 per cent of the fire corals here have already been bleached, although there is less damage to brain corals and other reef - builders.

I particularly love the cake topper as it calls to mind the brain corals you can see throughout Hawaii's waters!

The amount of hard corals that cover our reefs is incredible ranging from massive table corals, blue corals, brain coral, plate coral, stag horn coral and fleshy coral.

That is Aquarium I and II on the west side of the atoll where you'll find gorgeous examples of black coral, brain coral and huge barrel sponges.

Fig. 8 Two separate coral colonies, one a star coral on left and a brain coral (Diploria) on the right.

Brain Coral: Diploria: (colour yellow brown) Like star coral, this general term for cobble to boulder size colonial corals is derived from the convoluted brain - like pattern the living coral chambers make.

Colonies of these polyps create the structure of the coral reef that is growing in exotic and strange shapes that give the different kinds their popular names, like elkhorn coral, staghorn coral and brain coral, among many others.

At Tres Cocos you will encounter large brain coral, sea fans, and many marine fish.

The brain corals live in waters from 1.5 to 240 ft. deep and are found in the lagoon between the island and the reef, patch reefs like Mexico Rocks, just behind the reef and off the front of the reef.

The main topography includes boulder and brain corals, with many holes and tunnels for moray eels to pass through.

This reef is covered with brilliant purple and pink soft corals, sturdy star and brain corals, not to mention the huge gorgonian's and sea fans.

Corals: Soft corals grow all along the reef, Cabbage coral, Brain coral, Star coral, Anemones.

On the ridges sit a fine collection of club finger coral, large brain coral, yellow pencil coral, the ever - present boulder coral and lots of forked sea feathers.

There are many varieties of corals, but the major reef - building ones are the massive forms of brain coral; various types of finger coral; two well - known branching corals, elkhorn and staghorn; and sheet coral.

See a wide range of coral formations including flower, elk - horn and giant brain coral.