The phrase "and reefs in the" is not a complete or clear expression in written English.
It could be used in contexts discussing marine environments, ecosystems, or geographical features, but it requires additional context to be meaningful.
Example: "The study focused on the biodiversity of coral and reefs in the tropical waters."
Alternatives: "and coral formations in the" or "and marine habitats in the".
China was the real victim in the South China Sea as it had had "dozens" of its islands and reefs in the Spratlys illegally occupied by three of the other claimants, Liu said.
China's Foreign Ministry said the USS Lassen "illegally" entered the waters around the islands and reefs in the Spratlys without the Chinese government's permission, adding they monitored, followed and warned the ship.
And on April 26th China demanded that the Philippines "withdraw all its nationals and facilities" from a number of islands and reefs in the South China Sea, where they have been, in some cases, for decades.
In March, Taiwan, one of six claimants to this disputed smattering of sandbars and reefs in the South China Sea, built a bird-watching hide on a pinprick previously frequented more by soldiers than ornithologists.
Paracel Islands, Wade-Giles romanization Hsi-sha Ch'ün-tao, Pinyin Xisha Qundao, Vietnamese Quan Dao Hoang Sa, group of about 130 small coral islands and reefs in the South China Sea.
And reefs in the Coral Triangle in Southeast Asia — which reaches from Malaysia to the Philippines, Indonesia and the Solomon Islands, encompassing some of the planet's most diverse marine habitats — have been severely damaged by overfishing and destructive practices, including the use of cyanide and dynamite to capture fish.
For Figure 3 only, the tissue samples for analysis were an amalgam of sea fan samples collected in Akumal, Mexico, and Looe Key and Tennessee Reefs in the Florida Keys, in 2002, 2004, and 2005.
The coral reefs may themselves be subdivided into the outer reef on the edge of the Florida carbonate platform, the patch reefs between the outer reef and the keys, and the reefs in the shoals on either side of the keys.
In the last five years, scientists and environmentalists have worked to bolster and rebuild reefs in the area.
Lithocodium aggregatum is a very common association in the Early Aptian (Immenhauser et al. 2004, 2005; Hillgärtner et al. 2003) and has a paleogeographic range that is comparable to tropical and subtropical reefs in the Mesozoic (Rameil et al. 2010).
My personal exposure to the marvels of coral reefs began decades ago, when my wife and I made our first dives among the incredible Elkhorn and Staghorn reefs in the Florida Keys.
