coral reef

However, they are also among its most vulnerable, with areas of coral reefs, mangrove forests and seagrass beds under increasing threat from a wide range of human activities.

Yet as coral reef ecologist Alexandra Dempsey explored the atolls’ beautiful coral reefs in 2015, she nevertheless found signs of human pollution.

This specimen was found in deeper waters than some coral reefs, which may have protected it from higher temperatures at the sea surface.

California moray eels live in coral reefs from Point Conception in Santa Barbara County to southern Baja California in Mexico, according to the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Within his first days reporting for Olympics duty, Jost had injured his left foot on the island’s coral reefs.