420
WORLD ATLAS OF CORAL REEFS
R
rabbitfish. two-lined 351
Rabigh. Saudi Arabia 240, lUl
racoon butterfly fish 234
Radama Archipelago,
Madagascar 195, 196
Radio Mast-Sand Bluff RpZ,
Cayman Islands 142, 143
Ragay Gulf, Philippines 282
Ragged Cay WRef, Honduras
123, 124
Raine Island, Great Barrier
Reef 311, 313
Raita Bank, Hawaiian Islands
393
Raivavae, French Polynesia 390
Rakahanga, Cook Islands 381
382
Ralik Cham, Marshall Islands
360, 361
Ramsar Convention 71
Ramu River, Papua New Guinea
326, 327
Rangiroa Atoll, French
Polynesia 369, 385, 387
Rangoon seeYangon
Ranguana Cay, Belize 1 1
Rapa, French Polynesia 386,
390
Raraka, French Polynesia 387
Raroia, French Polynesia 387
Rarotonga Island, Cook Islands
381,383,384
Ras Abu Soma, Egypt 236, 238
RasalHadd, Oman 248, 250
Ras al Hadd Turtle Reserve,
Oman 248
Ras al Khafji, Saudi Arabia 252
Ras el Bir, Djibouti 248
Ras Fartak, Yemen 248
Ras Hadarba, Sudan 242
Ras Mohammed NP, Egypt 236,
239
Rasdu Atoll, Maldives 223
Rasfari DS, Maldives 223, 225
Ratak Cham, Marshall Islands
360, 361
Ravine Trois Bassins-Pomte de
Bretagne FIR, Reunion 209
Rawaki, Kiribati 365
Recif Lancaster [Neilson Reef),
French Polynesia 390
Recif President Thiers, French
Polynesia 390
Recife, Brazil 172
Recife de Fora SMP, Brazil 175
Recif des Francais, New
Caledonia 334, 335
Recife de Guaratibas, Brazil 172
red algae 28
red crabs 307
Red Sea 24, 178, 179,233-4,
236
early mapping 78-9
Egypt 237-9
Israel 238, 239
Jordan 238, 239
northern 235-7
Saudi Arabia 240-1, 242, 245
southern 244-6
Sudan 243
Yemen 245, 246
Red Sea Islands PA, Egypt 239
red-footed booby 212, 228
Redonda Island, Lesser Antilles
19, 161
Reef at Anse de Pilons MR, St,
Lucia 160, 167
Reef at Malgretoute MR, St.
Lucia 160, 167
Reef between Grand Caille and
Rachette Point MR, St Lucia
160, 167
reef crest 24, 26
reef flat 25-6
Reef Islands, Solomon Islands
330, 331
Reef Islands, Vanuatu 338, 339
reef mapping
boat-based 81-2, 86-8
global 89-90
historical background 78-80
remote sensing 82-8
scale and resolution 82
stick charts 78-9, 348
reef monitoring 64-5
reef protection
fisheries enhancement 75
global areas 72-3
integrating measures 76
legal controls 68-72
role of consumers 73-4
traditional measures 67-8
reef rock 53
ReefBase 84, 89
ReefCheck 64-5, 73
ffeefe a( ff/5* 64, 65, 93, 179,
259, 301
Refugio de Vida Silvestre/Punta
Isopo Ramsar Site, Honduras
123, 124
remote sensing 82-8
active sensors 86
aerial photography 85
from manned spacecraft 84-5
ground-truthmg83, 86, 88
limitations 86-8
multispectral imagers 85-6
satellite sensors 83-4
Rendezvous Point, Belize 118
Rennell, Solomon Islands 330,
331,333
reptiles 43
Reserve de la Biosphere du
Mananara Nord, UNESCO
Biosphere Reserve,
Madagascar 195, 196
resolution, of maps 82
Reunion 178,207,209
Reunion hot spot 205, 212, 216,
221,226
Reunlon-Rodrigues chain 180
Rhizophora mangle 1 68
Rhizophora mucronata 243
Rhodophyta 28, 29-30
Rhopalaea 40
Ria Lagartos ETC, Mexico 1 15
Riau Archipelago, Sumatra 267,
272, 275
ribbon reefs 310, 313
ribbon worms 35
Rimatara Island, French
Polynesia 390
Rincon de Guanabo reefs, Cuba
134, 136
Ringgold Islands, Fiji 342, 343
Rio Platano UNESCO Biosphere
ReserveA'Vorld Heritage Site,
Honduras 123
Riviere du Rampart FiR,
Mauritius 206, 209
Road Town, British Virgin
Islands 154
Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras
121, 123
robber crab 228
Rochelois Bank, Haiti 149, 151
Rock IChelbachebl Islands,
Palau 355
Rockhampton, Queensland
315
Rocky Island, Egypt 239, 242
Rodney Bay Artificial Reefs MR,
St, Lucia 160, 167
Rodrigues Island, Indian Ocean
205, 206, 207
Roncador Reef, Solomon
Islands 330, 331
Rongelap Atoll, Marshall
Islands 361, 362
Rongenk Atoll, Marshall
Islands 361, 362
Rose Atoll, American Samoa
374-6
Rose Atoll NW^R, American
Samoa 375, 376
Roseau, Dominica 159
Rossel Island, Papua New
Guinea 326,328
Rota, Mariana Islands 350, 351,
353
Rottnest Island, Western
Australia 306, 307
Rotuma Island, Fiji 343, 344
Round Rock Island BS, Virgin
Islands 154, 157
Rowley Shoals, Western
Australia 306, 309
Rowley Shoals MP, Western
Australia 306,321
Rufiji River and Delta, Tanzania
186, 187, 188
Rum Cay, Bahamas 103, 104
Rurutu Island, French Polynesia
390
Russel Islands, Solomon
Islands 331
Ruvu River, Tanzania 187
Ryukyu Islands, Japan 292, 293,
294, 295
Saad ed Dm, northern Somalia
248, 250
Saadani, Tanzania 187
Saavedra FiS, Philippines 285,
286
Saba, Netherlands Antilles 159,
161
Saba Bank, Netherlands
Antilles 159, 162
Saba MP, Netherlands Antilles
71, 161, 162, 167
Sabah, Malaysia 266, 268,
269-71,288
Sabalana Atoll, Indonesia 273,
277
Sabuda Tataruga OR, Indonesia
274, 280
saddleback butterflyfish 183
Safaga, Egypt 236, 238
Sahul Shelf, Indonesia 274
Saikai NP, Japan 292, 296
St. Anne, Seychelles 201
St. Anne MNP, Seychelles 201,
204
St. Barthelemey Island,
Guadeloupe 159
St, Barthelemey NR,
Guadeloupe 159, 166
St, Brandon see lie du Nord.
Mauritius
St, Croix, US Virgin Islands 153,
154, 156
St Denis 206
St. Eustatius, Netherlands
Antilles 158-9, 161
St. Eustasia BS, British Virgin
Islands 154, 157
St. Eustatius MP, Netherlands
Antilles 160, 161, 167
St. Georges Cay, Belize 118
St. John, US Virgin Islands 154.
155
St. John's, Antigua 159
St. John's Island see Zabargad,
Egypt
St, Kitts and Nevis 159, 162, 167
St. Leu FiR, Reunion 209
St. Lucia, Lesser Antilles 160,
163-4, 167, 170
St. Lucia Marine Reserve, South
Africa 193
St Luke's Island, Myanmar 262
St. Maarten, Netherlands
Antilles 159, 161, 162, 163
WORLD ATLAS OF CORAL REEFS
R
rabbitfish. two-lined 351
Rabigh. Saudi Arabia 240, lUl
racoon butterfly fish 234
Radama Archipelago,
Madagascar 195, 196
Radio Mast-Sand Bluff RpZ,
Cayman Islands 142, 143
Ragay Gulf, Philippines 282
Ragged Cay WRef, Honduras
123, 124
Raine Island, Great Barrier
Reef 311, 313
Raita Bank, Hawaiian Islands
393
Raivavae, French Polynesia 390
Rakahanga, Cook Islands 381
382
Ralik Cham, Marshall Islands
360, 361
Ramsar Convention 71
Ramu River, Papua New Guinea
326, 327
Rangiroa Atoll, French
Polynesia 369, 385, 387
Rangoon seeYangon
Ranguana Cay, Belize 1 1
Rapa, French Polynesia 386,
390
Raraka, French Polynesia 387
Raroia, French Polynesia 387
Rarotonga Island, Cook Islands
381,383,384
Ras Abu Soma, Egypt 236, 238
RasalHadd, Oman 248, 250
Ras al Hadd Turtle Reserve,
Oman 248
Ras al Khafji, Saudi Arabia 252
Ras el Bir, Djibouti 248
Ras Fartak, Yemen 248
Ras Hadarba, Sudan 242
Ras Mohammed NP, Egypt 236,
239
Rasdu Atoll, Maldives 223
Rasfari DS, Maldives 223, 225
Ratak Cham, Marshall Islands
360, 361
Ravine Trois Bassins-Pomte de
Bretagne FIR, Reunion 209
Rawaki, Kiribati 365
Recif Lancaster [Neilson Reef),
French Polynesia 390
Recif President Thiers, French
Polynesia 390
Recife, Brazil 172
Recife de Fora SMP, Brazil 175
Recif des Francais, New
Caledonia 334, 335
Recife de Guaratibas, Brazil 172
red algae 28
red crabs 307
Red Sea 24, 178, 179,233-4,
236
early mapping 78-9
Egypt 237-9
Israel 238, 239
Jordan 238, 239
northern 235-7
Saudi Arabia 240-1, 242, 245
southern 244-6
Sudan 243
Yemen 245, 246
Red Sea Islands PA, Egypt 239
red-footed booby 212, 228
Redonda Island, Lesser Antilles
19, 161
Reef at Anse de Pilons MR, St,
Lucia 160, 167
Reef at Malgretoute MR, St.
Lucia 160, 167
Reef between Grand Caille and
Rachette Point MR, St Lucia
160, 167
reef crest 24, 26
reef flat 25-6
Reef Islands, Solomon Islands
330, 331
Reef Islands, Vanuatu 338, 339
reef mapping
boat-based 81-2, 86-8
global 89-90
historical background 78-80
remote sensing 82-8
scale and resolution 82
stick charts 78-9, 348
reef monitoring 64-5
reef protection
fisheries enhancement 75
global areas 72-3
integrating measures 76
legal controls 68-72
role of consumers 73-4
traditional measures 67-8
reef rock 53
ReefBase 84, 89
ReefCheck 64-5, 73
ffeefe a( ff/5* 64, 65, 93, 179,
259, 301
Refugio de Vida Silvestre/Punta
Isopo Ramsar Site, Honduras
123, 124
remote sensing 82-8
active sensors 86
aerial photography 85
from manned spacecraft 84-5
ground-truthmg83, 86, 88
limitations 86-8
multispectral imagers 85-6
satellite sensors 83-4
Rendezvous Point, Belize 118
Rennell, Solomon Islands 330,
331,333
reptiles 43
Reserve de la Biosphere du
Mananara Nord, UNESCO
Biosphere Reserve,
Madagascar 195, 196
resolution, of maps 82
Reunion 178,207,209
Reunion hot spot 205, 212, 216,
221,226
Reunlon-Rodrigues chain 180
Rhizophora mangle 1 68
Rhizophora mucronata 243
Rhodophyta 28, 29-30
Rhopalaea 40
Ria Lagartos ETC, Mexico 1 15
Riau Archipelago, Sumatra 267,
272, 275
ribbon reefs 310, 313
ribbon worms 35
Rimatara Island, French
Polynesia 390
Rincon de Guanabo reefs, Cuba
134, 136
Ringgold Islands, Fiji 342, 343
Rio Platano UNESCO Biosphere
ReserveA'Vorld Heritage Site,
Honduras 123
Riviere du Rampart FiR,
Mauritius 206, 209
Road Town, British Virgin
Islands 154
Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras
121, 123
robber crab 228
Rochelois Bank, Haiti 149, 151
Rock IChelbachebl Islands,
Palau 355
Rockhampton, Queensland
315
Rocky Island, Egypt 239, 242
Rodney Bay Artificial Reefs MR,
St, Lucia 160, 167
Rodrigues Island, Indian Ocean
205, 206, 207
Roncador Reef, Solomon
Islands 330, 331
Rongelap Atoll, Marshall
Islands 361, 362
Rongenk Atoll, Marshall
Islands 361, 362
Rose Atoll, American Samoa
374-6
Rose Atoll NW^R, American
Samoa 375, 376
Roseau, Dominica 159
Rossel Island, Papua New
Guinea 326,328
Rota, Mariana Islands 350, 351,
353
Rottnest Island, Western
Australia 306, 307
Rotuma Island, Fiji 343, 344
Round Rock Island BS, Virgin
Islands 154, 157
Rowley Shoals, Western
Australia 306, 309
Rowley Shoals MP, Western
Australia 306,321
Rufiji River and Delta, Tanzania
186, 187, 188
Rum Cay, Bahamas 103, 104
Rurutu Island, French Polynesia
390
Russel Islands, Solomon
Islands 331
Ruvu River, Tanzania 187
Ryukyu Islands, Japan 292, 293,
294, 295
Saad ed Dm, northern Somalia
248, 250
Saadani, Tanzania 187
Saavedra FiS, Philippines 285,
286
Saba, Netherlands Antilles 159,
161
Saba Bank, Netherlands
Antilles 159, 162
Saba MP, Netherlands Antilles
71, 161, 162, 167
Sabah, Malaysia 266, 268,
269-71,288
Sabalana Atoll, Indonesia 273,
277
Sabuda Tataruga OR, Indonesia
274, 280
saddleback butterflyfish 183
Safaga, Egypt 236, 238
Sahul Shelf, Indonesia 274
Saikai NP, Japan 292, 296
St. Anne, Seychelles 201
St. Anne MNP, Seychelles 201,
204
St. Barthelemey Island,
Guadeloupe 159
St, Barthelemey NR,
Guadeloupe 159, 166
St, Brandon see lie du Nord.
Mauritius
St, Croix, US Virgin Islands 153,
154, 156
St Denis 206
St. Eustatius, Netherlands
Antilles 158-9, 161
St. Eustasia BS, British Virgin
Islands 154, 157
St. Eustatius MP, Netherlands
Antilles 160, 161, 167
St. Georges Cay, Belize 118
St. John, US Virgin Islands 154.
155
St. John's, Antigua 159
St. John's Island see Zabargad,
Egypt
St, Kitts and Nevis 159, 162, 167
St. Leu FiR, Reunion 209
St. Lucia, Lesser Antilles 160,
163-4, 167, 170
St. Lucia Marine Reserve, South
Africa 193
St Luke's Island, Myanmar 262
St. Maarten, Netherlands
Antilles 159, 161, 162, 163