Index
415
Malakal, Palau354, 355
Malakula Island. Vanuatu 338,
339
Malaysia 266-71
Maiden Island. Line Islands,
Kiribati 36^. 366
Maldives 25, 53.61. 179.
221-5
Male, Maldives 223
Male Atoll, Maldives 223
Mateolap. Marshall Islands 361
Malindi. Kenya 182. 183. 18^
Malindi MNP. Kenya 182. 185
Malindi-Watamu
MNaR/UNESCO Biosphere
Resen/e. Kenya 182, 185
Malinoa Island Park and Reef
IRI. Tonga 378. 380
Male Island, Vanuatu 339
Malolo Barrier Reef. Fiji 3i2,
3/i3
Malosmadulu Atolls. Maldives
223
Malpelo Island see Isla de
Malpelo FFS
Maluku see Moluccas.
Indonesia
Malum Atoll, Papua New
Guinea 326. 328
Malusay MuMR. Philippines
285. 286
Mamanuca Group. Fiji 3^3
mammals AA
Man-o-War Cay B5. Belize 118.
120
Man-o-V\/ar Cays, Nicaragua
122. 123
Managaha FiPr. Northern
Marianas 353
Mananara Marine NP,
Madagascar 195. 196
Mananara Nord UNESCO
Biosphere Reserve,
Madagascar 196
Mananara River. Madagascar
195
manatee 1 17
Manatee FoR. Belize 118
Mangaia Island, Cook Islands
381.383
Mangalore, India 21^
Mangkalihat Peninsula.
Kalimantan 268. 276
Manglares Churute ER/Ramsar
Site. Ecuador 131, 133
Mangoky Delta, Madagascar
194
mangroves 2A, 30-1. 216, 291
Manifah. Saudi Arabia 252
Manihi. French Polynesia 387
Manihiki Atoll, Cook Islands
381,382.384
Manila. Philippines 282
Manila Bay, Philippines 282.
283. 284
Manila Reef. Federated States
of Micronesia 356
Mannar, Gulf see Gulf of
Mannar
Mannar Island, Sri Lanka 218.
219
Mannar, Sri Lanka 218
Manoel Luis Reefs. Brazil 172,
173
Mania birostris 238
manta ray 99. 238
mantis shrimps 37
Manuae, Society Islands 388
Manuae Atoll, Cook Islands 381.
383
Manuae Lagoon HR, Cook
Islands 383, 384
Manuel Antonio NP. Costa Rica
126. 129
Manus Island, Papua New
Guinea 326, 327
map puffer 334
Mapelo Island, Colombia 132
Maputo, Mozambique 190
Marakei. Kiribati 365
marbled grouper 386
Marcus Island see MinamiTorishima
Mare. New Caledonia 334. 335
Maria Island. French Polynesia
390
Maria Islands NR. St, Lucia 160.
167
Mariana Islands 63. 300. 348.
350.351-3
Mariana Trench 300, 351
maricuUure 51-2, 75. 120. 263.
332, 357, 364. 386. 389
Mane Celeste PA, Bermuda
100, 102
Marie-Galante. Guadeloupe
159. 162
Marmduque. Philippines 281.
283, 284
Marine Aquarium Council
[MACl 74
Marine Mammal 5. Dominican
Republic 152
marine protected areas 69-72
Marine Stewardship Council
(MSCI 74
Marino Ballena NP. Costa Rica
126, 129
Marion Reef, Australia 318
Markham River, Papua New
Guinea 327
Maro Reef, Hawaiian Islands
393,395
Marokau, French Polynesia 387
Marotiri (Bass Islands). French
Polynesia 386, 390
Marovo Lagoon, Solomon
Islands 331, 333
Marquesas Archipelago, French
Polynesia 369. 385. 387
Marquesas Keys. Florida 96
Marshall Islands 78-9, 348.
360-3
Martaban. Gulf see Gulf of
Martaban
Martea, French Polynesia 387
Martinique 160. 163. 167
Marutea. French Polynesia 387
Mary's Bay-East Point RpZ.
Cayman Islands 142. 143
Masaplot MuMR. Philippines
285. 286
Mascarene Islands see
Mauritius; Reunion;
Rodngues
Mascarene Ridge. Indian Ocean
200. 205, 207
Masinloc and Oyon Bay MR 286
Masirah Island, Oman 248. 250
Maskali island, Djibouti 248,
249-50
Maskali Sud IR. Djibouti 248.
250
mass spawning events 23, 49,
68,98-9, 316
Massawa, Eitrea 244, 245. 246
massive coral 101
Mastigias spp. 357
Mataiva. French Polynesia 387
Matanzas Bay. Cuba 134. 136
Matenkupum 47
Matthew Island. New
CaledoniaA'anuatu 334, 338.
340
Maug Islands, Mariana Islands
350. 352
Maui. Hawah 392,393
Mauke Island. Cook Islands
381.383
Mauphihea, Society Islands 388
Maupiti. Society Islands 385,
388
Mauritius205-7. 208. 209
Maxillopoda 36
Mayaguana Bank. Bahamas 103
Mayan Indians 119
Malaysia 266-71
Mayotte 195, 197, 198. 199
Maza V\/MA. Papua New Guinea
311.326.329
Maziwi Island MR. Tanzania
187. 189
Mbudya MR. Tanzania 187. 189
Meandrinidae 226
Medilerranean-Tethys Sea 175
Megaptera novaeangUae 395
Mehetia. Society Islands 385
Meiuns, Palau 354. 355
Mekong River Delta. Vietnam
289
Melanesia 323-4
Mellish Reefs. Australia 318,
319
Me/oi)es/acea spp. 174
Menai Bay. Tanzania 187
Menai Bay CA, Tanzania 187,
189
Mentawai Islands, Sumatra 267,
272, 275
Merauke. Indonesia 274
Mergui Archipelago. Myanmar
262. 264-5
Merida, Mexico 1 12
Menr Atoll. Palau 354, 355
Mermaid Reef, Western
Australia 306
Mermaid Reef NNR. Western
Australia 306, 321
Meso-American Reef 117
Mesogastropoda 37
Metis Shoal, Tonga 377, 378
Mexico 113-16
Mexico. Gulf of see Gulf of
Mexico
Miami. Florida 96
Miami Beach, Florida 96
Microdictyon marinum 106,
135
Micronesia 348-9, see a/so
Federated States of
Micronesia
mid-Cayman Rise 141
middens 47
Middle Eastern Seas 65. 233-4
Middle (Grand) Caicos, Turks
and Caicos 106, 107
Middle Moranl Cay NR, Jamaica
138. 140
Middleton Reef. Australia 318,
320
Midway Atoll. Hawaiian Islands
393. 395, 397
Midway Atoll NWR, Hawaiian
Islands 396
Midway Islands 14
Mikmdani Bay, Tanzania 189
Miladhunmadulu Atoll,
Maldives 221, 223
Mill, Marshall Islands 361
military activities 63, 73, 137,
155,228. 287,348,353,364
milkfish 364
Millennium Island, Kiribati 363.
366
MiKepora platyphyllia 281
MiUepora alcicornis 168, 174,
175
MiUepora complanata 149
Milleporina 32
Mills Breaker PA. Bermuda 100.
102
Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
326. 327, 328, 329
Milwaukee Depth 153
Minami-Tonshima, Japan 294
Mindanao, Philippines 281. 283,
285
Mindanao Current 281
Mindoro, Philippines 281. 282.
283
415
Malakal, Palau354, 355
Malakula Island. Vanuatu 338,
339
Malaysia 266-71
Maiden Island. Line Islands,
Kiribati 36^. 366
Maldives 25, 53.61. 179.
221-5
Male, Maldives 223
Male Atoll, Maldives 223
Mateolap. Marshall Islands 361
Malindi. Kenya 182. 183. 18^
Malindi MNP. Kenya 182. 185
Malindi-Watamu
MNaR/UNESCO Biosphere
Resen/e. Kenya 182, 185
Malinoa Island Park and Reef
IRI. Tonga 378. 380
Male Island, Vanuatu 339
Malolo Barrier Reef. Fiji 3i2,
3/i3
Malosmadulu Atolls. Maldives
223
Malpelo Island see Isla de
Malpelo FFS
Maluku see Moluccas.
Indonesia
Malum Atoll, Papua New
Guinea 326. 328
Malusay MuMR. Philippines
285. 286
Mamanuca Group. Fiji 3^3
mammals AA
Man-o-War Cay B5. Belize 118.
120
Man-o-V\/ar Cays, Nicaragua
122. 123
Managaha FiPr. Northern
Marianas 353
Mananara Marine NP,
Madagascar 195. 196
Mananara Nord UNESCO
Biosphere Reserve,
Madagascar 196
Mananara River. Madagascar
195
manatee 1 17
Manatee FoR. Belize 118
Mangaia Island, Cook Islands
381.383
Mangalore, India 21^
Mangkalihat Peninsula.
Kalimantan 268. 276
Manglares Churute ER/Ramsar
Site. Ecuador 131, 133
Mangoky Delta, Madagascar
194
mangroves 2A, 30-1. 216, 291
Manifah. Saudi Arabia 252
Manihi. French Polynesia 387
Manihiki Atoll, Cook Islands
381,382.384
Manila. Philippines 282
Manila Bay, Philippines 282.
283. 284
Manila Reef. Federated States
of Micronesia 356
Mannar, Gulf see Gulf of
Mannar
Mannar Island, Sri Lanka 218.
219
Mannar, Sri Lanka 218
Manoel Luis Reefs. Brazil 172,
173
Mania birostris 238
manta ray 99. 238
mantis shrimps 37
Manuae, Society Islands 388
Manuae Atoll, Cook Islands 381.
383
Manuae Lagoon HR, Cook
Islands 383, 384
Manuel Antonio NP. Costa Rica
126. 129
Manus Island, Papua New
Guinea 326, 327
map puffer 334
Mapelo Island, Colombia 132
Maputo, Mozambique 190
Marakei. Kiribati 365
marbled grouper 386
Marcus Island see MinamiTorishima
Mare. New Caledonia 334. 335
Maria Island. French Polynesia
390
Maria Islands NR. St, Lucia 160.
167
Mariana Islands 63. 300. 348.
350.351-3
Mariana Trench 300, 351
maricuUure 51-2, 75. 120. 263.
332, 357, 364. 386. 389
Mane Celeste PA, Bermuda
100, 102
Marie-Galante. Guadeloupe
159. 162
Marmduque. Philippines 281.
283, 284
Marine Aquarium Council
[MACl 74
Marine Mammal 5. Dominican
Republic 152
marine protected areas 69-72
Marine Stewardship Council
(MSCI 74
Marino Ballena NP. Costa Rica
126, 129
Marion Reef, Australia 318
Markham River, Papua New
Guinea 327
Maro Reef, Hawaiian Islands
393,395
Marokau, French Polynesia 387
Marotiri (Bass Islands). French
Polynesia 386, 390
Marovo Lagoon, Solomon
Islands 331, 333
Marquesas Archipelago, French
Polynesia 369. 385. 387
Marquesas Keys. Florida 96
Marshall Islands 78-9, 348.
360-3
Martaban. Gulf see Gulf of
Martaban
Martea, French Polynesia 387
Martinique 160. 163. 167
Marutea. French Polynesia 387
Mary's Bay-East Point RpZ.
Cayman Islands 142. 143
Masaplot MuMR. Philippines
285. 286
Mascarene Islands see
Mauritius; Reunion;
Rodngues
Mascarene Ridge. Indian Ocean
200. 205, 207
Masinloc and Oyon Bay MR 286
Masirah Island, Oman 248. 250
Maskali island, Djibouti 248,
249-50
Maskali Sud IR. Djibouti 248.
250
mass spawning events 23, 49,
68,98-9, 316
Massawa, Eitrea 244, 245. 246
massive coral 101
Mastigias spp. 357
Mataiva. French Polynesia 387
Matanzas Bay. Cuba 134. 136
Matenkupum 47
Matthew Island. New
CaledoniaA'anuatu 334, 338.
340
Maug Islands, Mariana Islands
350. 352
Maui. Hawah 392,393
Mauke Island. Cook Islands
381.383
Mauphihea, Society Islands 388
Maupiti. Society Islands 385,
388
Mauritius205-7. 208. 209
Maxillopoda 36
Mayaguana Bank. Bahamas 103
Mayan Indians 119
Malaysia 266-71
Mayotte 195, 197, 198. 199
Maza V\/MA. Papua New Guinea
311.326.329
Maziwi Island MR. Tanzania
187. 189
Mbudya MR. Tanzania 187. 189
Meandrinidae 226
Medilerranean-Tethys Sea 175
Megaptera novaeangUae 395
Mehetia. Society Islands 385
Meiuns, Palau 354. 355
Mekong River Delta. Vietnam
289
Melanesia 323-4
Mellish Reefs. Australia 318,
319
Me/oi)es/acea spp. 174
Menai Bay. Tanzania 187
Menai Bay CA, Tanzania 187,
189
Mentawai Islands, Sumatra 267,
272, 275
Merauke. Indonesia 274
Mergui Archipelago. Myanmar
262. 264-5
Merida, Mexico 1 12
Menr Atoll. Palau 354, 355
Mermaid Reef, Western
Australia 306
Mermaid Reef NNR. Western
Australia 306, 321
Meso-American Reef 117
Mesogastropoda 37
Metis Shoal, Tonga 377, 378
Mexico 113-16
Mexico. Gulf of see Gulf of
Mexico
Miami. Florida 96
Miami Beach, Florida 96
Microdictyon marinum 106,
135
Micronesia 348-9, see a/so
Federated States of
Micronesia
mid-Cayman Rise 141
middens 47
Middle Eastern Seas 65. 233-4
Middle (Grand) Caicos, Turks
and Caicos 106, 107
Middle Moranl Cay NR, Jamaica
138. 140
Middleton Reef. Australia 318,
320
Midway Atoll. Hawaiian Islands
393. 395, 397
Midway Atoll NWR, Hawaiian
Islands 396
Midway Islands 14
Mikmdani Bay, Tanzania 189
Miladhunmadulu Atoll,
Maldives 221, 223
Mill, Marshall Islands 361
military activities 63, 73, 137,
155,228. 287,348,353,364
milkfish 364
Millennium Island, Kiribati 363.
366
MiKepora platyphyllia 281
MiUepora alcicornis 168, 174,
175
MiUepora complanata 149
Milleporina 32
Mills Breaker PA. Bermuda 100.
102
Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea
326. 327, 328, 329
Milwaukee Depth 153
Minami-Tonshima, Japan 294
Mindanao, Philippines 281. 283,
285
Mindanao Current 281
Mindoro, Philippines 281. 282.
283