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Coral reefs in shallow Panamanian waters.
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Bocas del Toro Coral Reefs

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Lost nets become entangled on a coral reef in the NW Hawaiian Islands, doing damage for decades. Wave action on the net breaks pieces of coral off until the net breaks, when it is free to catch on new reefs and do more damage.
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Lost Nets Hurt Coral Reefs

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Unlike the shallow tropical coral reef at left, the deep-sea Oculina reef at right does not require sunlight.
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Shallow and Deep-Sea Coral Reefs

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corals in shallow water with sunlight streaming through the surface
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Coral Reefs in the Sunlight

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A variety of organisms make their home on this tropical coral reef in Indonesia.
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Indonesian Coral Reef

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Overfishing and sedimentation have heavily impacted this reef off the coast of Guam.
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Coral Reef in Distress

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A healthy and vibrant coral reef in Papua New Guinea.
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A Healthy Coral Reef

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Coral reefs provide food for swarms of fish, both large and small.
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Coral Reef in the Florida Keys

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A Coral Reef Watch satellite monitors the temperature of the world’s oceans.
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Coral Reef Watch Satellite

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In this photo of a shallow coral reef in the Pacific there are three species of forams. Their colors come from the symbiotic algae that live inside the foram shells.
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Shallow Coral Reef Foraminifers

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A squat lobster and blackbelly rosefish find shelter on a Lophelia pertusa coral reef off the southeastern United States.
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Coral Reef Lobster and Fish

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Sea bass flock to a tropical coral reef in the Red Sea.
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Coral Reef Ecosystem, Red Sea

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