Reefs

Peter Mavrikis has written and edited books for over 25 years. He enjoys writing about history, science, and nature. He was also the Editorial Director for Barron’s Educational Series and Kaplan, where he ran the foreign language and study guide divisions.

Contents to include:

Introduction

AFRICA
African coral reefs – Red Sea to Madagascar

THE AMERICAS
Amazon Reef – Off Brazil and French Guiana. The Amazon Reef (also referred to as the Amazonian Reef) is an extensive coral and sponge reef system. It is one of the largest reef systems in the world known to exist, with scientists estimating its length to be over 600 miles (970 km) long

Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park, Mexico – part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System
Belize Barrier Reef – part of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System

Bullenbaai, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean

Tofino, Vancouver Island, Canada – Purple Starfish and green anemone

PACIFIC
Great Barrier Reef – Queensland, Australia – School of Sweet Lips, Lionfish
Cape Tribulation, Daintree region, Queensland, Australia

Lansdowne Bank, Coral Sea – between Australia and New Caledonia

Apo Reef – Philippines. The world’s second-largest contiguous coral reef system.
Tubbataha Reef – Philippines

North Sulawesi, Indonesia – Pseudanthias
Bunaken Marine National Park, North Sulawesi, Indonesia – Blue Seastar

Mabul Island, Borneo, Malaysia – maroon clownfish and bubbletip anemone, jellyfish, sea slug
Bohey Dulang Island, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia
Miri-Sibuti Coral Reef National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia
Tunku Abdul Rahman Park, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia – including Soft Coral, western clownfish

Minami-Tori-shima – Japan’s most easterly island

French Frigate Shoals – Northwestern Hawaiian Islands