Sentences with phrase «of staghorn coral»

You will cruise over fields of staghorn coral, looking out for black tip sharks and leopard sharks as well as hunting trevallies enjoying the rich supply of baitfish.

Instead, it posesses a tableau of hard coral formations of staghorn corals, plate corals, table corals, mushroom corals and brain corals.

This island of the north coast of Koh Rang provides a gently sloping reef upon which gardens of staghorn coral and the usual wide variety of lively reef fish are seen.

The Maori Wrasse Bommie dive site is in the north western corner of the reef, and includes broken sandy bottom with small bommies and boulders, plus a large extent of staghorn coral which seems to be a favourite haunt of the turtles.

This is a paradise of staghorn coral, sea fans and sponges carpeted by a colorful display of marine life.

In open areas, tilefish float like ghostly apparitions, guarding the entrance to their hilly burrows piled high with broken pieces of staghorn coral.

Koh Torinla - On the east coast of Koh Torinla, a large coral plateau of staghorn corals and massive porites corals breaks the water's surface at low tide.

Famous for tame Reef Sharks, Wally the Giant Wrasse, huge cod, inquisitive Moray Eels and Giant Clam Gardens; Breaking Patches, forests of Staghorn coral, Black Coral Trees, seas Fans, Sensational Diving; take breathtaking under water photographs; Michaelmas Cay, an island (sandy cay) famous for its sea bird sanctuary.

The reef - flat features many small boulders of lesser star and brain corals, interspersed with clusters of staghorn corals, all covered in colourful reef - fish like chromis, wrasse, parrotfish and surgeonfish.

A gently sloping reef on the south side of Gili Trawangan with a good variety of hard and soft corals, huge areas of staghorn coral, interspersed with bombies always with hiding currle fish and large table corals which shelter the fish and baby sharks.

Amed is home to Cemeluk Bay where healthy vibrant reefs of staghorn coral, gorgonian fans, barrel sponges and tube sponges host fish species including cardinalfish, sailfin tangs, bluefin trevally and Indian triggerfish.

Schools of butterfly fish and angel fish predominate and colonies of staghorn corals attract breams and damsels to make their homes here.

A partnership of US and Australian scientists reports in the Public Library of Science journal PLOS Genetics that computer simulation models and genetic evidence of variation from one species of staghorn coral, called Acropora millepora, together show that the coral could in theory adapt over a stretch of 20 to 50 generations.

«The Keys have not seen a cold - water bleaching event like this since the winter of 1977 - 78, when acres of staghorn coral perished,» said Dr. Billy Causey, southeast regional director of NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries.

The first photo show bleaching of Staghorn corals, an endangered species, off the coast of Florida taken as recent as 2010.

At Bida Nai the amazing topography includes walls, large boulders, crevices and fields of staghorn coral.

On the southside of the island there is the biggest formation of staghorn coral you re likely to see, forming a stunning view and protection to an abundance of fish.

Staghorn Crest - At this dive site, you will find yourself beginning with a gentle descent along the drop - off, followed by a gradual diagonal descent along the wall, at the shallow end of which there is a garden of staghorn corals.

Carysfort 2016 - The extensive thickets of staghorn corals are gone today replaced by a structure-less bottom littered with the decaying skeletons of staghorn coral.

Extensive thickets of staghorn corals at Carysfort Reef, approximately 6 nautical miles east of Key Largo, Fla., are gone today and replaced by a structure-less bottom littered with the decaying skeletons of staghorn coral.