Index
Archipielago de Sabana. Cuba
13^.135
Ardasier Banks and Reefs.
Spratly Islands 288
An Atoll. Maldives 223
Aride Island SNR, Seychelles
201.204
Ansto PA. Bermuda 100, 102
Arkan Mountains. Myanmar
263-4
Arkan Peninsula, Myanmar 262,
263-4
Arnavon MarCA. Solomon
Islands 331. 333
Arno. Marshall Islands 361
Arorae, Gilbert Islands, Kiribati
365
Arothron mappa 334
Arothron nigropunctatus 228
Arrecife Alacranes. Mexico 112.
114
Arrecife Alacranes NMP,
Mexico 112, 116
Arrecife Cabezo. Mexico 1 1
Arrecife Homos. Mexico 114,
115
Arrecife Tnangulos, Mexico
112, 114
Arrecifes de Cozumel NP,
Mexico 112, 115. 116
Arrecifes de Puerto Morelos
NP. Mexico 112. 115, 116
Arrecifes de Sian Ka'an BRlNl,
Mexico 112, 116
artificial reefs 75
Aru Islands. Indonesia 274.
277, 277-8
Aruba. Netherlands Antilles
169. 170-1
Arufura Sea 274
Arutua. French Polynesia
387
ascideans 40
Ashmore Reef. Northern
Australia 304. 309
Ashmore Reef NNR, Northern
Australia 308. 321
AsirNP, Saudi Arabia 241. 245
Asquith Bank. Seychelles 202
Assab. Eritrea 245
Assomption, Seychelles 202
Asteroidea 39
Astove, Seychelles 202
Astrolabe Reefs. New Caledonia
334, 335
astronaut photographs 84-5
Asuncion, Mariana Islands 350
Atafu Atoll, Tokelau 373, 375
Athi-Galana-Sabak! Rivers 183.
184
Atlantic Northern Equatorial
Current 153
Atlantic Ocean 92-3
reefs at risk 65
species diversity 21
see also individual countries/
regions
AtoLdasRocas, BiR, Brazil 172,
173, 175
Atoll deTairo UNESCO
Biosphere Reserve. French
Polynesia 391
atolls 16-17
Aulostomus maculatus 136
Aunu'u. American Samoa 375,
376
Austral Archipelago, French
Polynesia 369, 386, 390
Australia 179.302-4
Coral Sea 319
high latitude reefs 320-1
Northern 308-9
protected areas 321
Western 305-7
see also Great Barrier Reef;
Torres Strait
Australian Aborigines 302. 304,
316.317
Australian Institute of Marine
Sciences 317. 338
Austronesians 323
Avicennta marina 237
Ayeyarwady River Delta.
Myanmar 262, 264.265
Ayr. Queensland 312
B
Bab el Mandeb (Gate of
Lamentations), Red Sea 2^^.
2^5
Babeldaob [Babelthuapl Island.
Patau 35A, 355, 357
Babuyan Channel, Philippines
282
Babuyan Islands, Philippines
281,282
Bacalar Chico MR, Belize 118,
120
BaciUariophyta 30
back reef 25
Bagiai WIvIA, Papua New
Guinea 326, 329
Bahamas 103-5, 134
Bahia Banderas, fvlexico 112,
113
Bahia Chengue, Colombia 130,
131
Bahia Concepcion, Ivlexico 112,
113
Bahia Culebra, Costa Rica 126,
128
Bahia de Amatique, Belize 118
Bahia de Campeche, Mexico
112, lU
Bahia de Chetumal, Belize
118
Bahia de Chismuyo WRef,
Honduras 123, 12/i
Bahia de la Ascension, Mexico
115
Bahia de Loreto Nf^lP, Mexico
112, 116
Bahia de Samana, Dominican
Republic 151, 152
Bahia del Espinlu Santo,
Mexico 115
Bahia Gayraca, Colombia 130,
131
Bahia Granale, Colombia 130,
131
Bahia Honda. Panama 126
Bahia State, Brazil 174
Bahrain 253, 254
Bale Beau Vallon, Seychelles
201
Baie de Bourail SpR, New
Caledonia 335, 337
Baie de Port-au-Pnnce, Haiti
150, 151
Baie des Assassins.
Madagascar 194. 195
Baie Lazare. Seychelles 200.
201
Baie Ternaie MNP. Seychelles
201.204
Baja California 112. 113
Bajo Madagascar. Mexico 112.
114
Bajo Nuevo. Colombia 131
Bajo Serpiente. Mexico 112. 114
Bajo Sisal. Mexico 1 14
Bajos del Norte. Mexico 1 1
Ba)uni Archipelago. Somalia
182. 185
Baker Island. USA/Kinbati 364,
394, 397
Baker Island NWR, USA/Kiribali
394, 396
Bako NP Mala/sia 268, 270
Balaclava MP, Mauritius 209
Ball, Indonesia 268. 272, 275
Ball Barat NP, Indonesia 268,
272, 279
Bali Sea, Indonesia 268
Balintang Channel, Philippines
282
Ball's Pyramid, Australia 318
Baluran NP, Indonesia 268, 279
Bampton Reefs, New Caledonia
335
Banaba. Gilbert Islands, Kiribati
363,365
banana industry 120
Banana Reef DS, Maldives 223,
225
Banc d'Etoile, Madagascar 194,
195
Banc du Bisson, Madagascar
195
Banc du Borneo, Madagascar
195
Banc du Geyser, Madagascar
195, 197
Banc du Pracel. Madagascar
195, 196
Banco Chinchorro BRINI,
Mexico 114, 115, 116, 118
Banco de la Plata, Dominican
Republic 106, 150-2, 152
Banco de Navidad. Dominican
Republic 150-2. 151
Banco Ingles. Mexico 112. 114
Banco Nuevo. Mexico 112, 114
Banco y Cayo Nuevo, Mexico
112
Banda Sea, Indonesia 273, 274,
277, 308
Bandar Abbas, Iran 252
Bandar Sen Begawan, Brunei
Darussalam 268
bandcheck wrasse 353
banded butterflyfish 164
Banggai Barrier Reef, Indonesia
273, 276-7
Bangka 268
Bangka Island. Sumatra 267.
272
Bangkok, Thailand 262, 263
Banglade5h214, 216, 217
Banian Island WMA, Papua
New Guinea 326, 329
bank barriers 17-18
bank reefs 17
Banks Islands, Vanuatu 338,
339
BarReef, Sri Lanka 218, 219
Bar Reef Marine S, Sri Lanka
218,220
Barbados, Lesser Antilles 158,
160, 164, 165
Barbados MR, Lesser Antilles
160, 166
Barbuda, Lesser Antilles 147,
159, 161
Barra del Colorado NWR 126
barracuda 175
barrel sponge 28
barrier reefs 16
Barrow Island, Western
Australia 306
Bashi Channel, Taiwan 292
Basidot FiS, Philippines 284,
285
Bass Islands see Marotin,
French Polynesia
Bassas da India, Western Indian
Ocean 190, 198,209
Basse Terre, Guadeloupe 159,
162
Batam Island, Indonesia 275
Batan Islands, Philippines 281,
282, 286, 292
Batanta, Indonesia 274
batfish 352
The Baths NaM, Virgin Islands
154, 157
bathymetric mapping 86
balhymetric surveying 81
Archipielago de Sabana. Cuba
13^.135
Ardasier Banks and Reefs.
Spratly Islands 288
An Atoll. Maldives 223
Aride Island SNR, Seychelles
201.204
Ansto PA. Bermuda 100, 102
Arkan Mountains. Myanmar
263-4
Arkan Peninsula, Myanmar 262,
263-4
Arnavon MarCA. Solomon
Islands 331. 333
Arno. Marshall Islands 361
Arorae, Gilbert Islands, Kiribati
365
Arothron mappa 334
Arothron nigropunctatus 228
Arrecife Alacranes. Mexico 112.
114
Arrecife Alacranes NMP,
Mexico 112, 116
Arrecife Cabezo. Mexico 1 1
Arrecife Homos. Mexico 114,
115
Arrecife Tnangulos, Mexico
112, 114
Arrecifes de Cozumel NP,
Mexico 112, 115. 116
Arrecifes de Puerto Morelos
NP. Mexico 112. 115, 116
Arrecifes de Sian Ka'an BRlNl,
Mexico 112, 116
artificial reefs 75
Aru Islands. Indonesia 274.
277, 277-8
Aruba. Netherlands Antilles
169. 170-1
Arufura Sea 274
Arutua. French Polynesia
387
ascideans 40
Ashmore Reef. Northern
Australia 304. 309
Ashmore Reef NNR, Northern
Australia 308. 321
AsirNP, Saudi Arabia 241. 245
Asquith Bank. Seychelles 202
Assab. Eritrea 245
Assomption, Seychelles 202
Asteroidea 39
Astove, Seychelles 202
Astrolabe Reefs. New Caledonia
334, 335
astronaut photographs 84-5
Asuncion, Mariana Islands 350
Atafu Atoll, Tokelau 373, 375
Athi-Galana-Sabak! Rivers 183.
184
Atlantic Northern Equatorial
Current 153
Atlantic Ocean 92-3
reefs at risk 65
species diversity 21
see also individual countries/
regions
AtoLdasRocas, BiR, Brazil 172,
173, 175
Atoll deTairo UNESCO
Biosphere Reserve. French
Polynesia 391
atolls 16-17
Aulostomus maculatus 136
Aunu'u. American Samoa 375,
376
Austral Archipelago, French
Polynesia 369, 386, 390
Australia 179.302-4
Coral Sea 319
high latitude reefs 320-1
Northern 308-9
protected areas 321
Western 305-7
see also Great Barrier Reef;
Torres Strait
Australian Aborigines 302. 304,
316.317
Australian Institute of Marine
Sciences 317. 338
Austronesians 323
Avicennta marina 237
Ayeyarwady River Delta.
Myanmar 262, 264.265
Ayr. Queensland 312
B
Bab el Mandeb (Gate of
Lamentations), Red Sea 2^^.
2^5
Babeldaob [Babelthuapl Island.
Patau 35A, 355, 357
Babuyan Channel, Philippines
282
Babuyan Islands, Philippines
281,282
Bacalar Chico MR, Belize 118,
120
BaciUariophyta 30
back reef 25
Bagiai WIvIA, Papua New
Guinea 326, 329
Bahamas 103-5, 134
Bahia Banderas, fvlexico 112,
113
Bahia Chengue, Colombia 130,
131
Bahia Concepcion, Ivlexico 112,
113
Bahia Culebra, Costa Rica 126,
128
Bahia de Amatique, Belize 118
Bahia de Campeche, Mexico
112, lU
Bahia de Chetumal, Belize
118
Bahia de Chismuyo WRef,
Honduras 123, 12/i
Bahia de la Ascension, Mexico
115
Bahia de Loreto Nf^lP, Mexico
112, 116
Bahia de Samana, Dominican
Republic 151, 152
Bahia del Espinlu Santo,
Mexico 115
Bahia Gayraca, Colombia 130,
131
Bahia Granale, Colombia 130,
131
Bahia Honda. Panama 126
Bahia State, Brazil 174
Bahrain 253, 254
Bale Beau Vallon, Seychelles
201
Baie de Bourail SpR, New
Caledonia 335, 337
Baie de Port-au-Pnnce, Haiti
150, 151
Baie des Assassins.
Madagascar 194. 195
Baie Lazare. Seychelles 200.
201
Baie Ternaie MNP. Seychelles
201.204
Baja California 112. 113
Bajo Madagascar. Mexico 112.
114
Bajo Nuevo. Colombia 131
Bajo Serpiente. Mexico 112. 114
Bajo Sisal. Mexico 1 14
Bajos del Norte. Mexico 1 1
Ba)uni Archipelago. Somalia
182. 185
Baker Island. USA/Kinbati 364,
394, 397
Baker Island NWR, USA/Kiribali
394, 396
Bako NP Mala/sia 268, 270
Balaclava MP, Mauritius 209
Ball, Indonesia 268. 272, 275
Ball Barat NP, Indonesia 268,
272, 279
Bali Sea, Indonesia 268
Balintang Channel, Philippines
282
Ball's Pyramid, Australia 318
Baluran NP, Indonesia 268, 279
Bampton Reefs, New Caledonia
335
Banaba. Gilbert Islands, Kiribati
363,365
banana industry 120
Banana Reef DS, Maldives 223,
225
Banc d'Etoile, Madagascar 194,
195
Banc du Bisson, Madagascar
195
Banc du Borneo, Madagascar
195
Banc du Geyser, Madagascar
195, 197
Banc du Pracel. Madagascar
195, 196
Banco Chinchorro BRINI,
Mexico 114, 115, 116, 118
Banco de la Plata, Dominican
Republic 106, 150-2, 152
Banco de Navidad. Dominican
Republic 150-2. 151
Banco Ingles. Mexico 112. 114
Banco Nuevo. Mexico 112, 114
Banco y Cayo Nuevo, Mexico
112
Banda Sea, Indonesia 273, 274,
277, 308
Bandar Abbas, Iran 252
Bandar Sen Begawan, Brunei
Darussalam 268
bandcheck wrasse 353
banded butterflyfish 164
Banggai Barrier Reef, Indonesia
273, 276-7
Bangka 268
Bangka Island. Sumatra 267.
272
Bangkok, Thailand 262, 263
Banglade5h214, 216, 217
Banian Island WMA, Papua
New Guinea 326, 329
bank barriers 17-18
bank reefs 17
Banks Islands, Vanuatu 338,
339
BarReef, Sri Lanka 218, 219
Bar Reef Marine S, Sri Lanka
218,220
Barbados, Lesser Antilles 158,
160, 164, 165
Barbados MR, Lesser Antilles
160, 166
Barbuda, Lesser Antilles 147,
159, 161
Barra del Colorado NWR 126
barracuda 175
barrel sponge 28
barrier reefs 16
Barrow Island, Western
Australia 306
Bashi Channel, Taiwan 292
Basidot FiS, Philippines 284,
285
Bass Islands see Marotin,
French Polynesia
Bassas da India, Western Indian
Ocean 190, 198,209
Basse Terre, Guadeloupe 159,
162
Batam Island, Indonesia 275
Batan Islands, Philippines 281,
282, 286, 292
Batanta, Indonesia 274
batfish 352
The Baths NaM, Virgin Islands
154, 157
bathymetric mapping 86
balhymetric surveying 81