Bahamas Coral Reef Map
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Bahamas coral reef map. Cay sal bank great inagua island little inagua island hogsty reef. Cicia fulaga kobara mago moala nayau totoya tuvuca vanuabalavu vanuavatu. The spectacular coral reef chains of the bahamas include the 3rd largest barrier reef in the world.
The living oceans foundation conducts coral reef research missions in the bahamas as part of our global reef expedition. See reviews and photos of reefs in bahamas caribbean on tripadvisor. Our scientists use satellite imagery aerial surveys scuba assessments and underwater photography and video to characterize the coral reef community and create detailed habitat maps.
The bahamas coral reefs are alive with an abundance of fish stony and soft corals algae sponges jellyfish anemones snails crabs lobsters conch manta rays sea turtles shark dolphins and other creatures. How about snorkeling the beautiful coral reefs of the bahamas. Coral reef restoration in the bahamas by agnessa lundy marine science officer for the bahamas national trust.
The shallow coral reefs in the bahamas are home to sponges and many colorful coral reef fish that are enjoyed by hundreds of tourists each day. Many schools of fish coral rocks to explore and it is in shallow enough water to explore via snorkel or scuba the guide led us to plenty of fish and we spent a. The opportunity to dive with alex frans from stuart cove s and bettina bernhard a german journalist interested in bahamian marine.
Then combined into an integrated coral reef health index map pg. The sea of abaco. 1 on a little beach about 250m before.
The report card provides an initial baseline to help the bahamas track the state of the reef over time as well as their progress in protecting their reefs. Benthic index is a measure of the amount of the reef. What is the reef made of.
Even though they ve been around for millions of years coral reefs still only comprise about 0 1 of the world s ocean floor and the reefs we see when snorkeling or diving today have been growing for 5 000 to 10 0000 years. Western sahara south of the canary. Coral reefs are truly magical and exciting to explore.
12 and provide an overall measure of coral reef health. Abaco s reef system stretches from little harbour to beyond the northern end of the mainland as sandy estabrook s map shows. You can now click any data on the map and see information about it.
In 2016 the bahamas coral reef report card was published based on 214 agrra surveys conducted between 2011 and 2013 including reef sites on cay sal bank andros island the southern bahamas new providence and rose island the little bahamas bank and partial surveys in the exuma cays and berry islands. The reef structure itself is made from the skeletons of corals. I was excited to dive the james bond coral nursery with stuart cove s dive bahamas today because i hadn t visited the nursery in a few months.
