Sentences with phrase «staghorn corals at»

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.

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While the marine heat wave particularly damaged staghorn corals (Acropora millepora), this species may ultimately prove to be one of the resilient ones, Mikhail Matz, a biologist at the University of Texas at Austin, and his colleagues report in PLOS Genetics.

The reef crest is well defined by a conspicuous line of breaking water that is clearly visible from the shore and at low tide, Staghorn and Elkhorn coral can even be seen protruding above the surface.

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

At depths of 15 - 18m the divers discovered pristine colonies of giant birdsnest and unusually long Staghorn corals.

The rock breaks the surface at low tide and drops to 18 - 22m, surrounded by boulders, staghorn corals and sand.

Good variety of hard and soft corals, various types of gorgonians, healthy staghorn corals, huge coral boomies and table corals at White Sand Beach, Tanjung Sari and Blue Lagoon dive sites.

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 staghornStaghorn 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 coralAt 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 coralat the shallow end of which there is a garden of staghornstaghorn corals.

Many reefs across the Caribbean, * right up to the Florida Keys, have been devastated since the 1970s by a series of assaults from introduced diseases of Acropora coral (elkhorn and staghorn) and sea urchins (which help keep algae at bay), compounded by flows of pollution and overfishing accompanying rapid development.