410
WORLD ATLAS OF CORAL REEFS
fishing
blast 48. 59, 189, 199,278,
283, 295
cyanide 48, 50, 59, 278, 283-4
Legal controls 68-9
methods 47-8
target species 48-50
traditional controls 67-8
unsustainable 57-9
fishing dhow 66, 186
Fistuiana commersonii 367
Flacq FiR, filauntius 206, 209
flatback turtle 316
flalworms 35
Flinders Entrance, Torres Strait
311
Flinders Reefs, Australia 312,
313,318,320-1
Flint, Line Islands, Kiribati
366
Flora Reef, Australia 312, 318
Flores, Indonesia 273, 277
Flores 5ea, Indonesia 273, 277,
308
Florida 95, 96, 97-9
Straits of 96, 104
Florida Everglades 96, 97
Florida Islands, Solomon
Islands 331, 332-3
Florida Keys 96
Florida Keys NaMS 96, 97, 98,
99
Flower Garden Banks NafwIS,
Gulf of Mexico 95, 98-9
Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of
Mexico 99. 112, 115
Fly River, Papua New Guinea
325,326,327,328
Flying Venus Reef, Cook Islands
381,382
Fondo Cabo San Lucas APFFS,
Mexico 112, 116
Forcipiger flavissimus 42
forest fires 269
Formosa Bay, Kenya 182
Forrest Strait, Andaman Sea
262
Fort George Land and Sea NP,
Turks and Caicos 107, 108
Fort Lauderdale. Florida 96
Fort Point P. British Virgin
Islands 154, 157
Fort-de-France, Martinique
160, 163
Fortune Island MRATZ,
Philippines 282, 284
Foulpointe, Madagascar 195
Frank Sound RpZ, Cayman
Islands 142, 143
Frederick Reefs, Australia 318,
319
Fregate, Mauritius 207
Fregate, Seychelles 201
French, Bush and Seal Cays S,
Turks and Caicos 1Q7, 108
French Frigate Shoals,
Hawaiian Islands 393, 395,
397
French grunt 165
French Polynesia 52, 301,
385-9. 391
Frigate Rock \NR. St, Vincent
and the Grenadines 160. 167
fringing reefs 16, 20
Fromia monilis 180
Fua Mulaku, Maldives 224
Fugo Island MR/TZ, Philippines
282, 284
Funafuti, Tuvalu, Polynesia 371,
372
Fungia 38, 113
Fungu Kisimkasi see Latham
Island, Tanzania
Fungu Yasini MR, Tanzania 187,
189
Fushi Kandu DS, Maldives 224.
225
Fushivaru Thila DS. Maldives
223. 225
Futuna, Polynesia 371, 372
Futuna Island. Vanuatu 340
Gaa Faru Atoll. Maldives 223
Galana River. Kenya 182, 184
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
13C, 131
Galapagos Islands MRR/World
Heritage Site/UNESCO
Biosphere Reserve, Ecuador
131, 133
Gama, Vasco da 79
Gambler Islands, French
Polynesia 385-6, 387
Gambierdiscus toxlcus3^
Gan, Addu Atoll, Maldives 224
Gandoca-Manzanillo
NWR/Ramsar Site, Costa Rica
126. 129
Ganges Bank, British Indian
Ocean Territory 227
Gardner Pinnacles, Hawaiian
Islands 393, 395
Gastropoda 37
Gate of Lamentations IBab el
Mandebl, Red Sea 244, 245
Gaveshani Bank, India 215
Gazelle Peninsula, Papua New
Guinea 326, 327
Gebel Elba, Egypt 235
Gebel Elba CA, Egypt 239
Gecarcoidea nataiis 307
Gemini Seamounts, Vanuatu 338
genetic resources 53-4
Genkai QNP, Japan 292, 296
geographical information
systems IGISI 89-90
George Town, Bahamas 104
George Town, Cayman Islands
141, 142
Ghizo, Solomon Islands 331
giant clam 38, 52, 58, 332, 345,
357, 358, 379
giant grouper 40, 41
Gilbert Islands, Kiribati 363,
364, 365
Gill Meno/Gili Air/Gili
Trawangan RP, Indonesia 268,
279
glaciations 21, 22, 93
Gladden Spit MR, Belize 118,
120
Gladstone, Queensland 315
Gleaner Reef, Tonga 377, 378
gleaning 47-8
global area, estimates 17, 18
Global Coral Reef Monitoring
Network 65
global distribution 18
Global Positioning Systems
IGPSI81
global warming 62
Glovers Reef, Belize 118, 119
Glovers Reef MR, Belize 118,
120
Gnathodentex aurolineatus 41
251
goatfish 40
Gobfosoma sp. 161
goby. Chagos 226
Goidu Atoll see Horsburgh Atoll
Golfe de Takjoura. Djibouti 248
Golfede la Gonave. Haiti 149.
151
Golfo de Ana Maria. Cuba 134
Golfo de Batabano, Cuba 134.
135. 136
Golfo de Chiriqui. Panama 126.
129
Golfo de Guacanayabo. Cuba
134. 137
Golfo de Honduras 123
Golfo de Nicoya. Costa Rica 126
Golfo de Panama 126. 129
Golfo de San Bias 126, 128
Golfo de Santa Elena, Costa
Rica 126
Golfo de Uraba, Colombia 131
Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica 126, 128
Gonaives, Haiti 151
Goodenough Bay, Papua New
Guinea 326
Gordon Reef, Red Sea 237
Gorgonia ventalina 132
gorgonian corals 1 13-14, 135
gorgonians 33. 101
Gram Coast 175
Grand Cayman. Cayman Islands
110. 134, 141, 141-3
Grande Comoro 197, 198
Grand Cul-de-Sac Mann
NR/Ramsar Site, Guadeloupe
159, 162, 166
Grand Macabou LtCA,
Martinique 160, 167
Grand Passage, New Caledonia
335
Grand Port-Mahebourg FiR,
Mauritius 206, 209
Grand Recif, Madagascar 194-6
Grand Recif de Koumac, New
Caledonia 334
Grand Recif Sud, New
Caledonia 335
Grande Terre, Guadeloupe 159,
162
Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos
107
Grand Turk Cays Land and Sea
NP, Turks and Caicos 107.
108
Grande Terre, New Caledonia
334, 335, 336-7
Grande Terre, Seychelles 202
Grapsus sp, 192
Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji 342,
343, 344
Great Bahama Bank 103
Great Barrier Reef 14, 28. 301.
311-12 315.318
biodiversity 27. 60,314,316
Capricorn-Bunker group 314
central section 313
currents 310-11
human impacts 55, 316-17
management and research
317
mass spawning events 23
northern reefs 302, 313
origins 310
Swam and Pompey complexes
313-14,315
Great Barrier Reef CoMPMorld
HeritageSite71,72, 304, 311,
315,317,321
Great Barrier Reef expedition
80, 82-3
Great Basses Reef, Sri Lanka
218, 219
Great Chagos Bank, British
Indian Ocean Territory 226,
227
Great Corn Island, Nicaragua
122, 123, 124
Great Detached Reef, Great
Barrier Reef 311
Great Discovery Reef, Spratly
Islands 288
Great Exuma, Bahamas 104
Great Inagua, Bahamas 104
Great Nicobar, India 214
Great Nicobar UNESCO
Biosphere Reserve, India 217
Great Palm Island, Queensland
312
Great Sea Reef, Fiji 342, 343
Great Tobago Island. British
Virgin Islands 154
WORLD ATLAS OF CORAL REEFS
fishing
blast 48. 59, 189, 199,278,
283, 295
cyanide 48, 50, 59, 278, 283-4
Legal controls 68-9
methods 47-8
target species 48-50
traditional controls 67-8
unsustainable 57-9
fishing dhow 66, 186
Fistuiana commersonii 367
Flacq FiR, filauntius 206, 209
flatback turtle 316
flalworms 35
Flinders Entrance, Torres Strait
311
Flinders Reefs, Australia 312,
313,318,320-1
Flint, Line Islands, Kiribati
366
Flora Reef, Australia 312, 318
Flores, Indonesia 273, 277
Flores 5ea, Indonesia 273, 277,
308
Florida 95, 96, 97-9
Straits of 96, 104
Florida Everglades 96, 97
Florida Islands, Solomon
Islands 331, 332-3
Florida Keys 96
Florida Keys NaMS 96, 97, 98,
99
Flower Garden Banks NafwIS,
Gulf of Mexico 95, 98-9
Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of
Mexico 99. 112, 115
Fly River, Papua New Guinea
325,326,327,328
Flying Venus Reef, Cook Islands
381,382
Fondo Cabo San Lucas APFFS,
Mexico 112, 116
Forcipiger flavissimus 42
forest fires 269
Formosa Bay, Kenya 182
Forrest Strait, Andaman Sea
262
Fort George Land and Sea NP,
Turks and Caicos 107, 108
Fort Lauderdale. Florida 96
Fort Point P. British Virgin
Islands 154, 157
Fort-de-France, Martinique
160, 163
Fortune Island MRATZ,
Philippines 282, 284
Foulpointe, Madagascar 195
Frank Sound RpZ, Cayman
Islands 142, 143
Frederick Reefs, Australia 318,
319
Fregate, Mauritius 207
Fregate, Seychelles 201
French, Bush and Seal Cays S,
Turks and Caicos 1Q7, 108
French Frigate Shoals,
Hawaiian Islands 393, 395,
397
French grunt 165
French Polynesia 52, 301,
385-9. 391
Frigate Rock \NR. St, Vincent
and the Grenadines 160. 167
fringing reefs 16, 20
Fromia monilis 180
Fua Mulaku, Maldives 224
Fugo Island MR/TZ, Philippines
282, 284
Funafuti, Tuvalu, Polynesia 371,
372
Fungia 38, 113
Fungu Kisimkasi see Latham
Island, Tanzania
Fungu Yasini MR, Tanzania 187,
189
Fushi Kandu DS, Maldives 224.
225
Fushivaru Thila DS. Maldives
223. 225
Futuna, Polynesia 371, 372
Futuna Island. Vanuatu 340
Gaa Faru Atoll. Maldives 223
Galana River. Kenya 182, 184
Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
13C, 131
Galapagos Islands MRR/World
Heritage Site/UNESCO
Biosphere Reserve, Ecuador
131, 133
Gama, Vasco da 79
Gambler Islands, French
Polynesia 385-6, 387
Gambierdiscus toxlcus3^
Gan, Addu Atoll, Maldives 224
Gandoca-Manzanillo
NWR/Ramsar Site, Costa Rica
126. 129
Ganges Bank, British Indian
Ocean Territory 227
Gardner Pinnacles, Hawaiian
Islands 393, 395
Gastropoda 37
Gate of Lamentations IBab el
Mandebl, Red Sea 244, 245
Gaveshani Bank, India 215
Gazelle Peninsula, Papua New
Guinea 326, 327
Gebel Elba, Egypt 235
Gebel Elba CA, Egypt 239
Gecarcoidea nataiis 307
Gemini Seamounts, Vanuatu 338
genetic resources 53-4
Genkai QNP, Japan 292, 296
geographical information
systems IGISI 89-90
George Town, Bahamas 104
George Town, Cayman Islands
141, 142
Ghizo, Solomon Islands 331
giant clam 38, 52, 58, 332, 345,
357, 358, 379
giant grouper 40, 41
Gilbert Islands, Kiribati 363,
364, 365
Gill Meno/Gili Air/Gili
Trawangan RP, Indonesia 268,
279
glaciations 21, 22, 93
Gladden Spit MR, Belize 118,
120
Gladstone, Queensland 315
Gleaner Reef, Tonga 377, 378
gleaning 47-8
global area, estimates 17, 18
Global Coral Reef Monitoring
Network 65
global distribution 18
Global Positioning Systems
IGPSI81
global warming 62
Glovers Reef, Belize 118, 119
Glovers Reef MR, Belize 118,
120
Gnathodentex aurolineatus 41
251
goatfish 40
Gobfosoma sp. 161
goby. Chagos 226
Goidu Atoll see Horsburgh Atoll
Golfe de Takjoura. Djibouti 248
Golfede la Gonave. Haiti 149.
151
Golfo de Ana Maria. Cuba 134
Golfo de Batabano, Cuba 134.
135. 136
Golfo de Chiriqui. Panama 126.
129
Golfo de Guacanayabo. Cuba
134. 137
Golfo de Honduras 123
Golfo de Nicoya. Costa Rica 126
Golfo de Panama 126. 129
Golfo de San Bias 126, 128
Golfo de Santa Elena, Costa
Rica 126
Golfo de Uraba, Colombia 131
Golfo Dulce, Costa Rica 126, 128
Gonaives, Haiti 151
Goodenough Bay, Papua New
Guinea 326
Gordon Reef, Red Sea 237
Gorgonia ventalina 132
gorgonian corals 1 13-14, 135
gorgonians 33. 101
Gram Coast 175
Grand Cayman. Cayman Islands
110. 134, 141, 141-3
Grande Comoro 197, 198
Grand Cul-de-Sac Mann
NR/Ramsar Site, Guadeloupe
159, 162, 166
Grand Macabou LtCA,
Martinique 160, 167
Grand Passage, New Caledonia
335
Grand Port-Mahebourg FiR,
Mauritius 206, 209
Grand Recif, Madagascar 194-6
Grand Recif de Koumac, New
Caledonia 334
Grand Recif Sud, New
Caledonia 335
Grande Terre, Guadeloupe 159,
162
Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos
107
Grand Turk Cays Land and Sea
NP, Turks and Caicos 107.
108
Grande Terre, New Caledonia
334, 335, 336-7
Grande Terre, Seychelles 202
Grapsus sp, 192
Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji 342,
343, 344
Great Bahama Bank 103
Great Barrier Reef 14, 28. 301.
311-12 315.318
biodiversity 27. 60,314,316
Capricorn-Bunker group 314
central section 313
currents 310-11
human impacts 55, 316-17
management and research
317
mass spawning events 23
northern reefs 302, 313
origins 310
Swam and Pompey complexes
313-14,315
Great Barrier Reef CoMPMorld
HeritageSite71,72, 304, 311,
315,317,321
Great Barrier Reef expedition
80, 82-3
Great Basses Reef, Sri Lanka
218, 219
Great Chagos Bank, British
Indian Ocean Territory 226,
227
Great Corn Island, Nicaragua
122, 123, 124
Great Detached Reef, Great
Barrier Reef 311
Great Discovery Reef, Spratly
Islands 288
Great Exuma, Bahamas 104
Great Inagua, Bahamas 104
Great Nicobar, India 214
Great Nicobar UNESCO
Biosphere Reserve, India 217
Great Palm Island, Queensland
312
Great Sea Reef, Fiji 342, 343
Great Tobago Island. British
Virgin Islands 154