A curious American crocodile investigates National Geographic photogapher Jennifer Hayes in a mangrove channel in Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba. These large reptiles are called the engineers of the mangroves because their movements open and maintain channels through the dense root systems enhancing circulation of water and nutrients.
Photographer: David Doubilet
Dr. J.E.N. Veron explores Great Detached Reef on the Northern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
Photographer: David Doubilet
The largest green sea turtle congregations in Australia occurs at Raine Island on the Northern Great Barrier Reef. Thousands of females crawl onto teh sialnd to lay their eggs on this tiny sand cay. They carwl back into the sea and mate with males that have gatherd aroudn the isalnd.
Photographer: David Doubilet
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, Queensland, Australia
Photographer: David Doubilet
American crocodile, Crocodylus acutus, an apex predator that lives in the dense mangroves within the Gardens of the Queen, National Marine Park. The crocodiles navigate the mangroves keeping water channels open and making new ones helping sustain water flow through these critical habitats. Scientists refer to them as the engineers of the mangrove
Dr. Julio A Baisre
Acuario Nacional de Cuba
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Dr. Julio A Baisre
Acuario Nacional de Cuba
(53) 7 205 1774
juliob@acuarionacional.cu
Photographer: Jennifer Hayes
Endangered elkhorn coral glows beneath a golden sunset in Gardens of the Queen, Cuba. Elkhorn coral has nearly vanished throughout its original Caribeban range but trhives in this marine preserve.
Photographer: David Doubilet
A curious American crocodile investigates National Geographic photogapher Jennifer Hayes in a mangrove channel in Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba. These large reptiles are called the engineers of the mangroves because their movements open and maintain channels through the dense root systems enhancing circulation of water and nutrients.
Photographer: David Doubilet