Index
417
Ngaruangel AtoU, Patau 354,
355
Ngazidja, Comoros 197, 198
Ngemelis Islands FJR, Palau
355, 359
Ngermach ChannelBkulachelid CA, Palau 359
Ngeruangel R. Palau 355, 359
Ngerukewid Islands WPres,
Palau 355, 359
Ngerumekaol Grouper SpnA.
Palau 355. 359
Ngetik, Federated Stales of
Micronesia 356
Nggela, Solomon Islands 332-3
Ngiwal State CA, Palau 359
NGOs see non-governmental
organizations
Ngulu Atoll, Federated Stales of
Micronesia 354, 355, 358
Nha Trang, Vietnam 288, 289
Nias. Sumatra 267
Nicaragua 110, 122-4
Nicaraguan Rise 130
Nichman Kaigan QNP, Japan
292. 296
Nichinan (Miyazaki) MP, Japan
292. 296
Nicobar Islands, India 179,212.
214,217
Niger River 174-5
Nihoa Island, Hawaiian Islands
393
Niihau, Hawaiian Islands 393,
395
Nilandu Atolls. Maldives 223-4
Nine Degree Channel. Indian
Ocean 214
Ningaloo MP. Western Australia
306. 321
Ningaloo Reef. Western
Australia 304, 305, 306. 307
Ninigo Atoll. Papua New Guinea
326. 327
Niphates digitalis 149
Niuafo'ou. Tonga 378
Niuatoputapu. Tonga 378
Niuatoputapu Group. Tonga 378
Niue378. 379. 380
Nizamudinnia spp. 247
Nomuka Group. Tonga 378
Nomwin Atoll, Federated States
of Micronesia 356. 358
non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) 70. 73
Nonouti. Kiribati 365
Norfolk Island. Australia 318
North Island. Mauritius 206. 207
North, Middle and East Caicos
Islands Ramsar Site 107, 108
North Astrolabe Reef. Fiji 342.
343
North Atlantic Gyre 103
North Caicos, Turks and Caicos
106. 107
North Carolina PA. Bermuda
100, 102
North Coast PA, Taiwan 292,
296
North East Breaker PA.
Bermuda 100, 102
North Equatorial Counter
Current 183
North Equatorial Current 103,
113.281.300
North Keeling Island, Western
Australia 306, 307
North Keppel Island,
Queensland 315
North Male Atoll, Maldives 223
North Malosmadulu Atoll,
Maldives 223
North Nilandu AloU, Maldives
224
North Pacific Equatorial
Current 392
North Rock PA, Bermuda 100,
102
North Shore Coral Reef Pr.
Bermuda 100. 102
North Sound RpZ. Cayman
Islands 142. 143
North West Cape. Western
Australia 306
North West Point-West Bay
Cemetery MP, Cayman
Islands 142. 143
Northeast Archipelago PRes,
Antigua and Barbuda 159.
166
northeast monsoons 261. 266,
275. 276. 277, 293
northeast trade winds 360
Northern Mariana Islands 63.
350.351-3
Northern Sierra Madre NatP.
Philippines282, 283. 286
Northern Territory. Australia
308
Northumberland Islands.
Queensland 314. 315
northwest monsoons 310. 313
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
CRER72. 393. 396
Nosy Antafana. Madagascar 196
Nosy Be, Madagascar 195. 196
Nosy Boraha. Madagascar 195
Nosy Manitsa. Madagascar 194.
195
Nosy Mitsio, Madagascar 195.
196
Nosy Radama, Madagascar 195
Noumea. New Caledonia 335,
337
Nowruz blow-out 253
nuclear testing 307. 348, 360.
362. 389
nudibranch 37
Nuguria Atoll. Papua New
Guinea 326. 328
Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia
387
Nukufetau. Tuvalu. Polynesia
372
Nukulaelae. Tuvalu. Polynesia
372
Nukumanu Islands. Papua New
Guinea326. 328. 331
Nukunonu AloU. Tokelau.
Polynesia 375
Nukusemanu Reefs. Fiji 342,
343, 344
Nusa Penida. Indonesia 44
Nusa Tenggara. Indonesia 268.
273, 276-7
nutrients 22. 24
Nuweiba. Egypt 236
Nzwani. Comoros 198, 199
Qahu. Hawaiian Islands 392.
393
Oaxaca, Mexico 1 13
ocean currents 20-1. 300-1
see also individual currents
Ocho Rios PA, Jamaica 138. 140
Octocorallia 32-3
Odontodactylus scyllarus 36
Oeno, Pitcairn Islands 389, 390
Ofu. American Samoa 375
Ogasawara [Boninj Islands.
Japan 292. 294
Ogasawara NP. Japan 292. 296
oil pollution 57. 114. 116, 127.
155. 179.253
Ok Tedi mine. Papua New
Guinea 328
Okinawa, Japan 292. 294-5
Okinawa Kaigan QNP. Japan
292. 296
Okinawa MP, Japan 292. 296
Okinawa Senseki QNP, Japan
292. 296
Okino Daito Jima, Japan 292
Okino Tori Shima Reef. Japan
292. 294
Okiot MuMR. Philippines 285.
286
Olango Islands Wildlife
Sanctuary/Ramsar Site,
Philippines 285. 286
Old Bahama Channel 103. 104
Old Man Bay. Cayman Islands
142
Old Providence McBean Lagoon
NalNP, Colombia 131. 133
Olimarao. Federated Slates of
Micronesia 355
Oman 248. 250, 252
Gulf see Gulf of Oman
One and a Half Degree Channel.
Maldives 224
One Tree Island. Great Barrier
Reef 314. 315
Oneata Passage. Fiji 343
Oni-i-Lau. Fiji 343. 344
Onotoa. Kiribati 365
Ontong Java Atoll, Solomon
Islands 330, 331.332
Ophiuroidea 39
Opislhobranch 37
organ-pipe corals 33
Orienle Transform Fault 141
Orimas Thila DS. Maldives 223.
225
Orinoco River 166, 168
Oroluk, Federated States of
Micronesia 356
Orote Peninsula ERA, Guam
350. 353
Orpheus Island. Palm Islands.
Australia 317
Osprey Reef. Australia 318. 319
Ostracoda 36
Otu Tolu Group 378
Ouenghi Basin. Grande Terre
336
Ouvea. New Caledonia 323. 335
Ovalau Island. Fiji 342. 343
overfishing 57-9, 70
ownership, of reefs 67. 301
Oxycheiimus digrammus 353
paaling 48, 283
Paama Island. Vanuatu 339
Pachysens speciosa 196
Pacific Ocean 300-1
currents 300-1
early reef mapping 78-9
human impacts 301
plate tectonics 300, 330,351.
369,377.392
reefs at risk 65
see also individual regions/
countries
Pacific tectonic plate 300. 330,
351,369,377.392
Padang. Sumatra 267
PADI [Professional Association
of Diving Inslruclorsj 54
Pagai Selalan. Sumatra 267
Pagai Ultra. Sumatra 267
Pagan Island. Mariana Islands
350. 352
Pago Bay. Guam 350
Pago Pago, American Samoa
375, 376
Pakin Atoll, Federated States of
Micronesia 356, 359
Pakistan 216, 217
Palaemonidae 36
Palancar Reef. Mexico 1 1
Palaster Reef MNP, Antigua
and Barbuda 159. 166
Palau 68, 348, 354-7, 359
417
Ngaruangel AtoU, Patau 354,
355
Ngazidja, Comoros 197, 198
Ngemelis Islands FJR, Palau
355, 359
Ngermach ChannelBkulachelid CA, Palau 359
Ngeruangel R. Palau 355, 359
Ngerukewid Islands WPres,
Palau 355, 359
Ngerumekaol Grouper SpnA.
Palau 355. 359
Ngetik, Federated Stales of
Micronesia 356
Nggela, Solomon Islands 332-3
Ngiwal State CA, Palau 359
NGOs see non-governmental
organizations
Ngulu Atoll, Federated Stales of
Micronesia 354, 355, 358
Nha Trang, Vietnam 288, 289
Nias. Sumatra 267
Nicaragua 110, 122-4
Nicaraguan Rise 130
Nichman Kaigan QNP, Japan
292. 296
Nichinan (Miyazaki) MP, Japan
292. 296
Nicobar Islands, India 179,212.
214,217
Niger River 174-5
Nihoa Island, Hawaiian Islands
393
Niihau, Hawaiian Islands 393,
395
Nilandu Atolls. Maldives 223-4
Nine Degree Channel. Indian
Ocean 214
Ningaloo MP. Western Australia
306. 321
Ningaloo Reef. Western
Australia 304, 305, 306. 307
Ninigo Atoll. Papua New Guinea
326. 327
Niphates digitalis 149
Niuafo'ou. Tonga 378
Niuatoputapu. Tonga 378
Niuatoputapu Group. Tonga 378
Niue378. 379. 380
Nizamudinnia spp. 247
Nomuka Group. Tonga 378
Nomwin Atoll, Federated States
of Micronesia 356. 358
non-governmental
organizations (NGOs) 70. 73
Nonouti. Kiribati 365
Norfolk Island. Australia 318
North Island. Mauritius 206. 207
North, Middle and East Caicos
Islands Ramsar Site 107, 108
North Astrolabe Reef. Fiji 342.
343
North Atlantic Gyre 103
North Caicos, Turks and Caicos
106. 107
North Carolina PA. Bermuda
100, 102
North Coast PA, Taiwan 292,
296
North East Breaker PA.
Bermuda 100, 102
North Equatorial Counter
Current 183
North Equatorial Current 103,
113.281.300
North Keeling Island, Western
Australia 306, 307
North Keppel Island,
Queensland 315
North Male Atoll, Maldives 223
North Malosmadulu Atoll,
Maldives 223
North Nilandu AloU, Maldives
224
North Pacific Equatorial
Current 392
North Rock PA, Bermuda 100,
102
North Shore Coral Reef Pr.
Bermuda 100. 102
North Sound RpZ. Cayman
Islands 142. 143
North West Cape. Western
Australia 306
North West Point-West Bay
Cemetery MP, Cayman
Islands 142. 143
Northeast Archipelago PRes,
Antigua and Barbuda 159.
166
northeast monsoons 261. 266,
275. 276. 277, 293
northeast trade winds 360
Northern Mariana Islands 63.
350.351-3
Northern Sierra Madre NatP.
Philippines282, 283. 286
Northern Territory. Australia
308
Northumberland Islands.
Queensland 314. 315
northwest monsoons 310. 313
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
CRER72. 393. 396
Nosy Antafana. Madagascar 196
Nosy Be, Madagascar 195. 196
Nosy Boraha. Madagascar 195
Nosy Manitsa. Madagascar 194.
195
Nosy Mitsio, Madagascar 195.
196
Nosy Radama, Madagascar 195
Noumea. New Caledonia 335,
337
Nowruz blow-out 253
nuclear testing 307. 348, 360.
362. 389
nudibranch 37
Nuguria Atoll. Papua New
Guinea 326. 328
Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia
387
Nukufetau. Tuvalu. Polynesia
372
Nukulaelae. Tuvalu. Polynesia
372
Nukumanu Islands. Papua New
Guinea326. 328. 331
Nukunonu AloU. Tokelau.
Polynesia 375
Nukusemanu Reefs. Fiji 342,
343, 344
Nusa Penida. Indonesia 44
Nusa Tenggara. Indonesia 268.
273, 276-7
nutrients 22. 24
Nuweiba. Egypt 236
Nzwani. Comoros 198, 199
Qahu. Hawaiian Islands 392.
393
Oaxaca, Mexico 1 13
ocean currents 20-1. 300-1
see also individual currents
Ocho Rios PA, Jamaica 138. 140
Octocorallia 32-3
Odontodactylus scyllarus 36
Oeno, Pitcairn Islands 389, 390
Ofu. American Samoa 375
Ogasawara [Boninj Islands.
Japan 292. 294
Ogasawara NP. Japan 292. 296
oil pollution 57. 114. 116, 127.
155. 179.253
Ok Tedi mine. Papua New
Guinea 328
Okinawa, Japan 292. 294-5
Okinawa Kaigan QNP. Japan
292. 296
Okinawa MP, Japan 292. 296
Okinawa Senseki QNP, Japan
292. 296
Okino Daito Jima, Japan 292
Okino Tori Shima Reef. Japan
292. 294
Okiot MuMR. Philippines 285.
286
Olango Islands Wildlife
Sanctuary/Ramsar Site,
Philippines 285. 286
Old Bahama Channel 103. 104
Old Man Bay. Cayman Islands
142
Old Providence McBean Lagoon
NalNP, Colombia 131. 133
Olimarao. Federated Slates of
Micronesia 355
Oman 248. 250, 252
Gulf see Gulf of Oman
One and a Half Degree Channel.
Maldives 224
One Tree Island. Great Barrier
Reef 314. 315
Oneata Passage. Fiji 343
Oni-i-Lau. Fiji 343. 344
Onotoa. Kiribati 365
Ontong Java Atoll, Solomon
Islands 330, 331.332
Ophiuroidea 39
Opislhobranch 37
organ-pipe corals 33
Orienle Transform Fault 141
Orimas Thila DS. Maldives 223.
225
Orinoco River 166, 168
Oroluk, Federated States of
Micronesia 356
Orote Peninsula ERA, Guam
350. 353
Orpheus Island. Palm Islands.
Australia 317
Osprey Reef. Australia 318. 319
Ostracoda 36
Otu Tolu Group 378
Ouenghi Basin. Grande Terre
336
Ouvea. New Caledonia 323. 335
Ovalau Island. Fiji 342. 343
overfishing 57-9, 70
ownership, of reefs 67. 301
Oxycheiimus digrammus 353
paaling 48, 283
Paama Island. Vanuatu 339
Pachysens speciosa 196
Pacific Ocean 300-1
currents 300-1
early reef mapping 78-9
human impacts 301
plate tectonics 300, 330,351.
369,377.392
reefs at risk 65
see also individual regions/
countries
Pacific tectonic plate 300. 330,
351,369,377.392
Padang. Sumatra 267
PADI [Professional Association
of Diving Inslruclorsj 54
Pagai Selalan. Sumatra 267
Pagai Ultra. Sumatra 267
Pagan Island. Mariana Islands
350. 352
Pago Bay. Guam 350
Pago Pago, American Samoa
375, 376
Pakin Atoll, Federated States of
Micronesia 356, 359
Pakistan 216, 217
Palaemonidae 36
Palancar Reef. Mexico 1 1
Palaster Reef MNP, Antigua
and Barbuda 159. 166
Palau 68, 348, 354-7, 359