Sentence examples for western reef from inspiring English sources

Here, two distinct patterns of ocean coloration were observed in LandSat images: an outer (i.e. eastern) reef flat area that was light blue in color and an inner (western) reef flat area that appeared dark green.

Given the ability of Rhodactis sp. to rapidly reproduce [14], [15], managers are now facing the possibility that even with removal of the ship sheer reproductive capacity of R. howesii action may continue to fuel its spread along the western reef shelf of Palmyra.

Since their introduction to the Atlantic Ocean in the 1980s, Pacific red lionfish (Pterois volitans) have gobbled up native Caribbean and western Atlantic reef fishes, reducing their abundance by up to 90%.

The AGRRA program was developed to assess western Atlantic reef communities with a standardized method.

This present event appears to be almost as serious and may prove to be equally or more devastating to western Pacific reefs by the time it is over.

Genetic data from A. palmata support a connection between Florida and Western Caribbean reefs [20], [22] similar to A. cervicornis [21].

The Wielichowo Reef (western Poland), developed on an uplifted pre-Zechstein horst structure - the Wolsztyn Ridge - was chosen for the study object.

The system was tested on 11 free-swimming whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) at Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia.

This study was conducted at Ningaloo Reef (Western Australia), a fringing reef approximately 290 km in length.

The study site at Sandy Bay, Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia is a typical fringing reef habitat.

We quantified spatial patterns of macroalgal consumption in a cross-section of Ningaloo Reef (Western Australia).