Sentences with phrase «other coral formations»

Located in the nation's south in the Stann Creek District, this portion of the coast is largely unaffected by the Belize Barrier Reef, which serves to calm the waters to the point that seagrass and other coral formations grow close to shore, making it tough for natural beaches to form.

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CORAL - like formations of salt sometimes sprout up on walls, damaging frescoes and other artwork, and now researchers know why.

If other coral species build their skeletons in a similar way, then the oceans could avoid a large - scale crisis in coral skeleton formation that scientists have worried would unravel reef ecosystems.

«If this mode of formation is verified in other species of coral, then it could be a more general mechanism, and that would enable us to predict that corals will actually form just as well in acidifying oceans,» says Gilbert.

Hol Chan, about 10 miles north of Caye Caulker, features a natural break in the barrier reef that gives rise to spectacular coral formations and serves as a home for a wide variety of fishes and other marine life.

The addition of Mexico Rocks to this protected status means that the large boulder coral formations unique to this area and found only at one other site in Belize, far to the south at Glover's Reef, will be protected far into the future.

In others, massive coral formations extend into depths with deep - water fish patrolling the plunging walls.

Their orange, featherlike arms are often fully exposed while their small body remains attached beneath the coral formations — in other locations, Crinoids are not so common.

The archipelago is enormous and there are some areas where soft corals and sea fans dominate, other areas with astounding hard coral formations, sea grass beds, mangroves, shallow reefs, drop offs, caves, black sand, white sand, vertical walls, seamount's, ship wrecks, planes, shallow water lagoons, and massive pinnacles.

Spur - and - groove formations that dominate here are also excellent for photography of corals, sponges and a variety of other invertebrates.

The sailing trip takes in a very secret snorkeling spot, not visited by any other boats, which offers a wide range of marine life including turtles, tropical fish and colorful coral formations.

Feel free to swim and snorkel on the protected reef where crystal - clear waters teem with fish, coral formations and other marine life.

Explore some of the most fascinating underwater worlds featuring all kinds of coral formations, all kinds of colorful tropical reef fish, and many other marine animals and wildlife.

After swimming around a pinnacle surrounded by Redtooth Triggerfish, surgeonfish and rabbitfish with a few Dogtooth Tuna hovering around, the second half of the dive happened on a plateau gazing at the coral formations and looking for critters, like Tasseled Scorpionfish, Bubble Coral Shrimp and Porcelain Crab, among otcoral formations and looking for critters, like Tasseled Scorpionfish, Bubble Coral Shrimp and Porcelain Crab, among otCoral Shrimp and Porcelain Crab, among others.

One other kind of reef formation is coral heads that run from the white sand bottoms 10 to 16 feet deep.