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coral reef


One Tree Island Capricorn and Bunker Group, Great Barrier Reef
Aerial One Tree Island Great Barrier Reef Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
goby on gorgonian coral Three Sisters Reef off Cairns Great Barrier Reef Australia
goby on Gorgonian coral Three Sisters Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia Photographer: Underea Images Inc
Opal Reef off Cairns Great Barrier Reef Australia
Opal Reef off Cairns Great Barrier Reef Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
Opal Reef off Cairns Great Barrier Reef Australia
Opal Reef, Great Barrier Reef Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
dead dying and damaged corals on Long Bommie Reef off Cairns Great Barrier Reef Australia
Dead, dying coral that had experinced coral bleaching on Long Bommie Reef on Great Barrier Reef, Australia Photographer: Jennifer Hayes
Opal Reef off Cairns Great Barrier Reef Australia
A tower of plate corals on Opal Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
Layers of life in layers of plate coral on Opal reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Layers of life in layers of plate coral on Opal Reef on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
delicate plate corals on Opal Reef off Cairns Great Barrier Reef Australia
Layers of life within the layers of plate corals on Opal Reef on Great Barrier Reef, Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
Opal Reef off Cairns Great Barrier Reef Australia
Opal Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
Sweetlips Great Barrier Reef Australia
Sweetlips Challenger Bay, Great Barrier Reef Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
Great Detached Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Blue chromis over staghorn coral, Great Detached Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
Aerial Great Detached Reef Great Barrier Australia
Aerial Great Detached Reef Great Barrier Reef Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
cuttlefish over coral at the Clam Garden Great Barrier Reef Australia
Cuttlefish over coral at Clam Garden, Great Barrier Reef, Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
aerial of great detached reef on great barrier reef
Aerial Great Detached Reef Great Barrier Reef Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
Aerial Great Detached Reef, Great barrier Reef, Australia
Aerial Great Detached Reef ,Great Barrier Reef, Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
Opal Reef off Cairns Great Barrier Reef Australia
Plate corals compete for space on Opal reef, Great Barrier, Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
Maori (humphead wrasse) Chelinus undulatus at Opal Reef Great Barrier Reef Australia
Maori (humphead) wrasse Cheilinus undulatus at Opal Reef Great Barrier Reef Australia. The The maori wrasse is the largest member of the wrasse family and males can reach 6 feet in length and several hundred pounds. The maori wrasse is long lived, slow growing with a ow rate of reproduction that can not with stand fishing pressure. Populations throughout the Indopacific have crashed and it is rare to see a large individual. Australia banned fishing of Maori wrasse in 2003. Photographer: David Doubilet
Opal Reef off Cairns Great Barrier Reef Australia
Opal Reef near Cairns, Great Barrier Reef Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
Black coral garden on Yingala Shipwreck, Great Barrier Reef, Aus
Yongala shipwreck with thick coral growth and immense concentration of life Yongala shipwreck with thick coral growth and immense concentration of life Photographer: David Doubilet
Black coral gradens, Yongala Shipwreck, Great Barrier Reef, Aust
Yongala shipwreck with thick coral growth and immense concentration of life Yongala shipwreck with thick coral growth and immense concentration of life Yongala shipwreck with thick coral growth and immense concentration of life Photographer: David Doubilet
Silvertip shark patrols Great Detached Reef, Northern Great Barr
silvertip shark patrols remote Great Detached Reef on the northen Great Barrier Reef, Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
A floatplane glides over Hook and Hardy Reef, Great Barrier Reef
A DeHavilland Beaver Biplane delivers scuba divers to Hook and Hardy Reef on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photographer: David Doubilet
Coral Reef surrounding Number 6 Sand Cay, Great Barrier Reef
Coral reef surrounding Number 6 Sand Cay, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia Photographer: David Doubilet
Silky shark, Gardens of the Queen, Cuba
Stable populations of Silky Sharks patrol the rich coral reefs of Gardens of the Queen, National Marine park, Cuba. Unlike many places in the world The Gardens of the Queen National Marine Park has stable populations of sharks Two Expert contacts Marine Biologist Dr Fabian Pina Amargos fabianpina1972@gmail.com (c):+535-348-8489 Dr. Julio A Baisre Acuario Nacional de Cuba (53) 7 205 1774 juliob@acuarionacional.cu Photographer: David Doubilet
Silky sharks, Gardens of the Queen, Cuba
Stable populations of Silky Sharks patrol the rich coral reefs of Gardens of the Queen, National Marine park, Cuba. Unlike many places in the world The Gardens of the Queen National Marine Park has stable populations of sharks Two Expert contacts Marine Biologist Dr Fabian Pina Amargos fabianpina1972@gmail.com (c):+535-348-8489 Dr. Julio A Baisre Acuario Nacional de Cuba (53) 7 205 1774 juliob@acuarionacional.cu Photographer: David Doubilet
Silky shark at dusk, Gardens of the Queen, Cuba
Stable populations of Silky Sharks patrol the rich coral reefs of Gardens of the Queen, National Marine park, Cuba. Unlike many places in the world The Gardens of the Queen National Marine Park has stable populations of sharks Two Expert contacts Marine Biologist Dr Fabian Pina Amargos fabianpina1972@gmail.com (c):+535-348-8489 Dr. Julio A Baisre Acuario Nacional de Cuba (53) 7 205 1774 juliob@acuarionacional.cu Photographer: David Doubilet
Silky Sharks, Gardens of the Queen, Cuba
Stable populations of Silky Sharks patrol the rich coral reefs of Gardens of the Queen, National Marine park, Cuba. Unlike many places in the world The Gardens of the Queen National Marine Park has stable populations of sharks Two Expert contacts Marine Biologist Dr Fabian Pina Amargos fabianpina1972@gmail.com (c):+535-348-8489 Dr. Julio A Baisre Acuario Nacional de Cuba (53) 7 205 1774 juliob@acuarionacional.cu Photographer: David Doubilet
Silky Sharks, Gardens of the Queen, Cuba
Stable populations of Silky Sharks patrol the rich coral reefs of Gardens of the Queen, National Marine park, Cuba. Unlike many places in the world The Gardens of the Queen National Marine Park has stable populations of sharks Two Expert contacts Marine Biologist Dr Fabian Pina Amargos fabianpina1972@gmail.com (c):+535-348-8489 Dr. Julio A Baisre Acuario Nacional de Cuba (53) 7 205 1774 juliob@acuarionacional.cu Photographer: David Doubilet
Trio of Silky Sharks, Gardens of the Queen, Cuba
Stable populations of Silky Sharks patrol the rich coral reefs of Gardens of the Queen, National Marine park, Cuba. Unlike many places in the world The Gardens of the Queen National Marine Park has stable populations of sharks Two Expert contacts Marine Biologist Dr Fabian Pina Amargos fabianpina1972@gmail.com (c):+535-348-8489 Dr. Julio A Baisre Acuario Nacional de Cuba (53) 7 205 1774 juliob@acuarionacional.cu Photographer: David Doubilet
Trio of Caribbean Reef Sharks, Gardens of the Queen, Cuba
Stable populations of Caribbean Reef sharks patrol Gardens of the Queen, National Marine park, Cuba. Unlike many places in the world The Gardens of the Queen National Marine Park has stable populations of sharks Two Expert contacts Marine Biologist Dr Fabian Pina Amargos fabianpina1972@gmail.com (c):+535-348-8489 Dr. Julio A Baisre Acuario Nacional de Cuba (53) 7 205 1774 juliob@acuarionacional.cu Photographer: David Doubilet
Caribbean Reef Sharks, Gardens of the Queen, Cuba
Stable populations of Caribbean Reef sharks patrol Gardens of the Queen, National Marine park, Cuba. Unlike many places in the world The Gardens of the Queen National Marine Park has stable populations of sharks Two Expert contacts Marine Biologist Dr Fabian Pina Amargos fabianpina1972@gmail.com (c):+535-348-8489 Dr. Julio A Baisre Acuario Nacional de Cuba (53) 7 205 1774 juliob@acuarionacional.cu Photographer: David Doubilet
Caribbean reef shark over coral, Gardens of the Queen, Cuba
Stable populations of Caribbean Reef sharks patrol the rich coral reefs of Gardens of the Queen, National Marine park, Cuba. Unlike many places in the world The Gardens of the Queen National Marine Park has stable populations of sharks Two Expert contacts Marine Biologist Dr Fabian Pina Amargos fabianpina1972@gmail.com (c):+535-348-8489 Dr. Julio A Baisre Acuario Nacional de Cuba (53) 7 205 1774 juliob@acuarionacional.cu Photographer: David Doubilet
Elkhorn Coral glows at sunset, Gardens of the Queen, Cuba
Elkhorn Coral at dusk Gardens of the Queen, Cuba. Elkhorn coral is an endangered species of coral that has been decimated throughout its range but populations still remain in Cuba's Garden of the Queen. 2 Experts: Marine Biologist Dr Fabian Pina Amargos fabianpina1972@gmail.com (c):+535-348-8489 Dr. Julio A Baisre Acuario Nacional de Cuba (53) 7 205 1774 juliob@acuarionacional.cu Photographer: Jennifer Hayes
Silky Sharks, Gardens of the Queen, Cuba
Stable populations of Silky Sharks patrol the rich coral reefs of Gardens of the Queen, National Marine park, Cuba. Unlike many places in the world The Gardens of the Queen National Marine Park has stable populations of sharks Two Expert contacts Marine Biologist Dr Fabian Pina Amargos fabianpina1972@gmail.com (c):+535-348-8489 Dr. Julio A Baisre Acuario Nacional de Cuba (53) 7 205 1774 juliob@acuarionacional.cu Photographer: David Doubilet
Liquid gold, sunset casts a gokden shadow across a garden of end
Elkhorn Coral at dusk Gardens of the Queen, Cuba. Elkhorn coral is an endangered species of coral that has been decimated (75% - 90% loss) throughout it range but populations still remain in Cuba's Garden of the Queen. 2 Experts: Marine Biologist Dr Fabian Pina Amargos fabianpina1972@gmail.com (c):+535-348-8489 Dr. Julio A Baisre Acuario Nacional de Cuba (53) 7 205 1774 juliob@acuarionacional.cu Photographer: Jennifer Hayes
Opal Reef off Cairns Great Barrier Reef Australia
Coral reef at Opal Reef, Great Barrier Reef. Photographer: David Doubilet
Double headed wrasse Lord Howe Island Australia
Endemic double headed wrasse, Coris bulbifrons from Lord Howe Island Australia Photographer: David Doubilet