406
WORLD ATLAS OF CORAL REEFS
Bats Cave Beach RpZ, Grand
Cayman 142, U3
Batticaloa, Sn Lanka 218, 219
Battimalve Island, India 214
Bay of Bengal 178,262,265
Bay Islands, Honduras 121, 122,
123
Bazaruto Archipelago,
Mozambique 190, 191-2, 193
Bazaruto NP. Mozambique 190,
193
beach communities 24
beaked butterflyfish 314
Beautemps-Beaupre Atoll, New
Caledonia 334, 335
Bedouins 237
Bei-Men Coast PA, Taiwan 292,
296
Belitung 268
Belitung Island, Sumatra 268,
275
Belize 62, 70, 110, 117-20
Belize Barrier Reef 117, 120
Belize Barrier Reef World
Heritage Site 118, 120
Belize City 118
Bellinghausen IMotu One]
TRes, French Polynesia 388,
391
Bellona, Solomon Islands 330,
331
Bellona Atoll, New Caledonia
335, 336
Belmopan, Belize 118
Belo-sur-Mer, Madagascar 195,
196
Bengal snapper 212
Bennett's butterflyfish 219
Beqa Island and Barrier, Fiji 20,
79, 342, 343, 344
Berau Delta, Kalimantan 276
Berbera, northern Somalia 248,
250
Bermuda 95, 100, 101-2
Bermuda Platform 101
Bermuda Rise 101
betel nut chewing 333
Beverdige Reef, Niue 378, 380
Bien Unido FishR, Philippines
284, 285
Big Bay, Vanuatu 339
Big Broadhurst Reef, Great
Barrier Reef 312
Bight of Bangkok 261
Bight of Biafra 175
Bikar Atoll, Marshall Islands
361,362
Bikini Atoll, MarshalUslands
360,361,362
Bimini Island, Bahamas 104
Bintuni Bay, Irian Jaya 274, 277
Bio-05 MuMR, Philippines 284,
285
biodiversity 27-8
global patterns 19-22
local patterns 22, 24
over geological time 21-2
and reef zonation 24-6
regional patterns 21-2
structural 27-8
total species estimates 28
BirAli, Yemen 248, 249
Bird Cay BS, Belize 118
birds43-4, 316, 364, 395
Bird's Head Peninsula, Irian
Jaya 274, 277
Birgue latro 228
Birnie, Phoenix Islands, Kiribati
365
Biscayne Bay, Florida 96, 97
Biscayne Bay NP, Florida 96, 99
Bismarck Archipelago, Papua
New Guinea 323, 325, 326,
327
Bismarck Sea 326
Bivalvia 37-8
black band disease 62, 140
black butterflyfish 354
black corals 33-4, 136
black pearl culture 386, 389
Black River FiR, Mauritius 206,
209
black-spotted pufferfish 228
Blackbird Cay, Belize 118
blacklip pearl oyster 52
Blambangan Peninsula, Java
268, 275
Blanche King PA, Bermuda 100,
102
blast fishing 48, 59, 189, 199.
278, 283, 295
Blenheim Reef, British Indian
Ocean Territory 226, 227
blenny, nalolo 184
Bloody Bay-Jackson Point MP,
Little Cayman 142, 143
blue chromis 95
blue coral 22, 33, 309, 354, 364
Blue Hole NM, Belize 118, 120
blue starfish 302
blue-green algae see
Cyanophyta
boat-based surveying 81-2,
86-8
Bocas del Toro, Panama 1 26
Bogue FS, Jamaica 138, 140
Bohol, Philippines 281, 285
Bohol Sea, Philippines 281,
285
Bokaak Atoll, Marshall Islands
361,362
Bolbometopon muracatum 345
Bolinao Reef, Philippines 50,
283
Bolisong MuMR, Philippines
284, 285
Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles
71, 161, 169, 170-1
Bonaire MP, Netherlands
Antilles 169, 171
Bone Bay, Indonesia 273
Boneparte Archipelago,
Northern Australia 308, 309
Bongalonan MuMR, Philippines
284, 285
Bongo Island, Philippines 281
285
Bongoyo Island MR, Tanzania
187, 189
Bonin Islands see Ogasawara
Islands, Japan
booby, red-footed 212
Booby Pond and Rockery
Ramsar Site, Cayman Islands
142
Boqueron RVS, Puerto Rico 154,
157
Bora-Bora, Society Islands 388,
389
"boring cryptofauna" 27
Borneo 266, 268, 269-71, 275-6
Bougainville Island, Papua New
Guinea 57. 325-7, 328
Bougainville Reef, Australia
312,318
Bourail, New Caledonia 335
Bowen, Queensland 312
Bowse Bluff-Rum Point MP,
Grand Cayman 142, 143
box jellyfish 32
Brachyura 36-7
Bravo hydrogen bomb 362
Brazil 92, 147, 172, 173-5
Bridgetown, Barbados 160
Brisbane, Australia 318
bristle worms 35
British Indian Ocean Territory
226-9, see also Chagos
Archipelago
Britomart Reef. Australia 312
brittle stars 39
Broome. Northern Australia
308
The Brothers (El Akhawein).
Egypt 236. 239
brown algae 305
Brunei Darussalam 268,
269-70, 288
Brushwood Islands. Cook
Islands 382
Bryozoa 38
Bucaro Aore RecR. Vanuatu
339, 341
Buccoo Reef NR, Trinidad and
Tobago 160, 167
Buck Island, US Virgin Islands
154, 155
Buck Island Reef NaM, US
Virgin Islands 154, 157
Budd Reef 342, 343
Budibudi Atoll, Papua New
Guinea 326, 327
Buenavista UNESCO Biosphere
Reserve, Cuba 134, 137
building materials 53
Bukatatanoa Reefs, Fiji 343, 344
bump-headed parrotfish 345
Bunaken NP. Indonesia 273.
279
Bundaberg, Queensland 315,
318
Bunker Islands, Australia 314,
315
Burias, Philippines 282
Burma Banks, Andeman Sea
265
Buru, Indonesia 273
butter hamlet 147
butterflyfish 22, 41.42
banded 164
beaked 314
Bennett's 219
black 354
eastern triangle 352
lined 379
racoon 234
saddleback 183
spot-naped 261
Cabo Blanco SNR. Costa Rica
126, 129
Cabo Corrientes, Cuba 134
Cabo Cruz, Cuba 134, 135
Cabo Pulmo, Mexico 112
Cabo Pulmo NMP, Mexico 112,
113, 116
Cabrits NP, Dominica 159, 166
Cabugan MuMR, Philippines
284, 285
Cabulotan MuMR, Philippines
284, 285
Cades Bay MR, Antigua and
Barbuda 159, 166
Caesar Point-Mathurin Point
Reefs MR, St. Lucia 160, 167
Cagayan Islands ETC,
Philippines 284. 285
Cahuita NP. Costa Rica 126. 129
Caicos Bank. Caribbean 106.
107
Caicos Passage 104. 107
Cairns. Queensland 312, 316
Calag-calag MuMR, Philippines
284, 285
Calancan Bay, Marinduque.
Philippines 284
Calfornia, Gulfof 112, 113
California Current 113
Calvados Barrier Reef, Papua
New Guinea 325, 326, 327-8
Cambodia 264, 265, 288
CampecheBank 112, 114, 116
Cancun, Mexico 115, 116
Cangmating MuMR, Philippines
284, 285
Cannouan, St, Vincent and the
Grenadines 160
WORLD ATLAS OF CORAL REEFS
Bats Cave Beach RpZ, Grand
Cayman 142, U3
Batticaloa, Sn Lanka 218, 219
Battimalve Island, India 214
Bay of Bengal 178,262,265
Bay Islands, Honduras 121, 122,
123
Bazaruto Archipelago,
Mozambique 190, 191-2, 193
Bazaruto NP. Mozambique 190,
193
beach communities 24
beaked butterflyfish 314
Beautemps-Beaupre Atoll, New
Caledonia 334, 335
Bedouins 237
Bei-Men Coast PA, Taiwan 292,
296
Belitung 268
Belitung Island, Sumatra 268,
275
Belize 62, 70, 110, 117-20
Belize Barrier Reef 117, 120
Belize Barrier Reef World
Heritage Site 118, 120
Belize City 118
Bellinghausen IMotu One]
TRes, French Polynesia 388,
391
Bellona, Solomon Islands 330,
331
Bellona Atoll, New Caledonia
335, 336
Belmopan, Belize 118
Belo-sur-Mer, Madagascar 195,
196
Bengal snapper 212
Bennett's butterflyfish 219
Beqa Island and Barrier, Fiji 20,
79, 342, 343, 344
Berau Delta, Kalimantan 276
Berbera, northern Somalia 248,
250
Bermuda 95, 100, 101-2
Bermuda Platform 101
Bermuda Rise 101
betel nut chewing 333
Beverdige Reef, Niue 378, 380
Bien Unido FishR, Philippines
284, 285
Big Bay, Vanuatu 339
Big Broadhurst Reef, Great
Barrier Reef 312
Bight of Bangkok 261
Bight of Biafra 175
Bikar Atoll, Marshall Islands
361,362
Bikini Atoll, MarshalUslands
360,361,362
Bimini Island, Bahamas 104
Bintuni Bay, Irian Jaya 274, 277
Bio-05 MuMR, Philippines 284,
285
biodiversity 27-8
global patterns 19-22
local patterns 22, 24
over geological time 21-2
and reef zonation 24-6
regional patterns 21-2
structural 27-8
total species estimates 28
BirAli, Yemen 248, 249
Bird Cay BS, Belize 118
birds43-4, 316, 364, 395
Bird's Head Peninsula, Irian
Jaya 274, 277
Birgue latro 228
Birnie, Phoenix Islands, Kiribati
365
Biscayne Bay, Florida 96, 97
Biscayne Bay NP, Florida 96, 99
Bismarck Archipelago, Papua
New Guinea 323, 325, 326,
327
Bismarck Sea 326
Bivalvia 37-8
black band disease 62, 140
black butterflyfish 354
black corals 33-4, 136
black pearl culture 386, 389
Black River FiR, Mauritius 206,
209
black-spotted pufferfish 228
Blackbird Cay, Belize 118
blacklip pearl oyster 52
Blambangan Peninsula, Java
268, 275
Blanche King PA, Bermuda 100,
102
blast fishing 48, 59, 189, 199.
278, 283, 295
Blenheim Reef, British Indian
Ocean Territory 226, 227
blenny, nalolo 184
Bloody Bay-Jackson Point MP,
Little Cayman 142, 143
blue chromis 95
blue coral 22, 33, 309, 354, 364
Blue Hole NM, Belize 118, 120
blue starfish 302
blue-green algae see
Cyanophyta
boat-based surveying 81-2,
86-8
Bocas del Toro, Panama 1 26
Bogue FS, Jamaica 138, 140
Bohol, Philippines 281, 285
Bohol Sea, Philippines 281,
285
Bokaak Atoll, Marshall Islands
361,362
Bolbometopon muracatum 345
Bolinao Reef, Philippines 50,
283
Bolisong MuMR, Philippines
284, 285
Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles
71, 161, 169, 170-1
Bonaire MP, Netherlands
Antilles 169, 171
Bone Bay, Indonesia 273
Boneparte Archipelago,
Northern Australia 308, 309
Bongalonan MuMR, Philippines
284, 285
Bongo Island, Philippines 281
285
Bongoyo Island MR, Tanzania
187, 189
Bonin Islands see Ogasawara
Islands, Japan
booby, red-footed 212
Booby Pond and Rockery
Ramsar Site, Cayman Islands
142
Boqueron RVS, Puerto Rico 154,
157
Bora-Bora, Society Islands 388,
389
"boring cryptofauna" 27
Borneo 266, 268, 269-71, 275-6
Bougainville Island, Papua New
Guinea 57. 325-7, 328
Bougainville Reef, Australia
312,318
Bourail, New Caledonia 335
Bowen, Queensland 312
Bowse Bluff-Rum Point MP,
Grand Cayman 142, 143
box jellyfish 32
Brachyura 36-7
Bravo hydrogen bomb 362
Brazil 92, 147, 172, 173-5
Bridgetown, Barbados 160
Brisbane, Australia 318
bristle worms 35
British Indian Ocean Territory
226-9, see also Chagos
Archipelago
Britomart Reef. Australia 312
brittle stars 39
Broome. Northern Australia
308
The Brothers (El Akhawein).
Egypt 236. 239
brown algae 305
Brunei Darussalam 268,
269-70, 288
Brushwood Islands. Cook
Islands 382
Bryozoa 38
Bucaro Aore RecR. Vanuatu
339, 341
Buccoo Reef NR, Trinidad and
Tobago 160, 167
Buck Island, US Virgin Islands
154, 155
Buck Island Reef NaM, US
Virgin Islands 154, 157
Budd Reef 342, 343
Budibudi Atoll, Papua New
Guinea 326, 327
Buenavista UNESCO Biosphere
Reserve, Cuba 134, 137
building materials 53
Bukatatanoa Reefs, Fiji 343, 344
bump-headed parrotfish 345
Bunaken NP. Indonesia 273.
279
Bundaberg, Queensland 315,
318
Bunker Islands, Australia 314,
315
Burias, Philippines 282
Burma Banks, Andeman Sea
265
Buru, Indonesia 273
butter hamlet 147
butterflyfish 22, 41.42
banded 164
beaked 314
Bennett's 219
black 354
eastern triangle 352
lined 379
racoon 234
saddleback 183
spot-naped 261
Cabo Blanco SNR. Costa Rica
126, 129
Cabo Corrientes, Cuba 134
Cabo Cruz, Cuba 134, 135
Cabo Pulmo, Mexico 112
Cabo Pulmo NMP, Mexico 112,
113, 116
Cabrits NP, Dominica 159, 166
Cabugan MuMR, Philippines
284, 285
Cabulotan MuMR, Philippines
284, 285
Cades Bay MR, Antigua and
Barbuda 159, 166
Caesar Point-Mathurin Point
Reefs MR, St. Lucia 160, 167
Cagayan Islands ETC,
Philippines 284. 285
Cahuita NP. Costa Rica 126. 129
Caicos Bank. Caribbean 106.
107
Caicos Passage 104. 107
Cairns. Queensland 312, 316
Calag-calag MuMR, Philippines
284, 285
Calancan Bay, Marinduque.
Philippines 284
Calfornia, Gulfof 112, 113
California Current 113
Calvados Barrier Reef, Papua
New Guinea 325, 326, 327-8
Cambodia 264, 265, 288
CampecheBank 112, 114, 116
Cancun, Mexico 115, 116
Cangmating MuMR, Philippines
284, 285
Cannouan, St, Vincent and the
Grenadines 160