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Documentary on the Coral Reefs Report Card of the Gulf of Mexico 2019.
Coral Reefs Report Card of the Gulf of Mexico…
Unidentified tropical fish found in stony coral in Australian waters.
Australian Tropical fish, underwater
Various coral fish interacting in underwater shot.
Chaetodon melannotus (Blackback butterflyfish)…
The black sea urchin, also called a long-spined sea urchin, is the most abundant and important herbivore on the coral reefs of the western Atlantic and Caribbean basin. When the population of these sea urchins is at a healthy level, they are the main grazers which prevent algae overgrowth of the reef.
Diadema antillarum (black sea urchin)
Diagram showing example indicators for nearshore marine habitat in the Pacific, including coral cover, coral health, fish biomass, fish richness, and water quality.
Diagram showing example indicators for nearshore…
Diagram showing key threats to Pacific Island nations.
Diagram showing key threats to Pacific Island…
Illustration of a volcanic island with reef, waterfall and atoll
Reef 3D: volcanic island with waterfall and atoll
Cross-section of a volcanic island watershed, showing crater lakes, waterfalls, modified and natural shoreline, fringing reef, volcanic island, and lava flows.
Watershed 3D: volcanic island with crater lakes…
Illustration of Heliopora coerulea (Blue Coral), which is so named as the skeleton is blue. It is classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN due to overharvesting for the aquarium industry.
Heliopora coerulea (Blue Coral)
Illustration showing a plate coral that has been preyed upon by a Crown of Thorns starfish.
Plate coral: crown of thorns damage
Illustration of coral larva or planula.
Coral larva
Cross-section of Lami Town in Fiji.
Fiji: Lami Town
Conceptual diagram illustrating Alligator Reef, which is limited in growth by the amount of exposed Pleistocene bedrock. The washing effect of water through the tidal pass has exposed peat and sandy sediments upon which coral reefs cannot become established.
Alligator Reef growth limitation
Conceptual diagram illustrating a brief history of the Florida Keys during the Quaternary Period.
Florida Keys during the quaternary period
Conceptual diagram illustrating a coral polyp dividing by asexual budding to create a coral colony.
Formation of coral colony via asexual budding
Conceptual diagram illustrating the goliath grouper life cycle and movement of various life stages throughout the nearshore and reef environments.
Goliath grouper life cycle
Conceptual diagram illustrating a healthy coral reef ecosystem (left) and a biologically stressed coral reef ecosystem (right). Arrows indicate consumption or other negative impact to life corals.
Healthy vs. biologically stressed coral reef…
Conceptual diagram illustrating the life cycle of the Caribbean spiny lobster.
Life cycle of the Caribbean spiny lobster
Conceptual diagram illustrating that Caribbean spiny lobsters are a key component of the marine ecosystem in south Florida as both predators and prey.
Spiny lobsters are key component of south Florida…
Conceptual diagram illustrating the structure of a coral polyp.
Structure of a coral polyp
Diagram showing key features of and major threats to the Great Barrier Reef.
Diagram showing key features of and major threats…
Illustration of a 3D watershed with braided river, continental islands, coral reef, and beach
Watershed 3D: river mouth, continental islands…
Illustration of a 3D watershed with river mouth, continental islands, coral reef, and beach
Watershed 3D: river mouth, continental islands…
Diagram showing pressures to the world's coral reefs.
Diagram showing pressures to the world's coral…
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