Index
421
St. Martin Island, Guadeloupe
159
St. Martin NR. Guadeloupe 159,
166
St. Martin's Island IJinjiradwipl,
Bangladesh 2U, 217
St, Matthew's Island, Myanmar
262
St. Matthias Group, Papua New
Guinea 326. 327
St. Paul Subterranean River
NP, Philippines 285, 286
St. Pierre, Seychelles 202
St. Pierre FiR, Reunion 209
St. Raphael, Mauritius 207
St, Thomas, US Virgin Islands
154
St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles 160,
164-5,167
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
160, 164-5, 167
Saipan, Mariana Islands 348,
350,351,353
Sakiyama-wan NCA, Japan 292,
296
Sakurajima IKagoshimal MP,
Japan 292, 296
Saline I'Hermitage [lagoonl FiR,
Reunion 209
Saline I'Hermitage (reef) FiR,
Reunion 209
salinity 22
Salomon Atoll, British Indian
Ocean Territory IChagos
Archipelago! 20, 226, 227,
228
Salt Fish Tail Reef MNP,
Antigua and Barbuda 159,
166
Salt Island BS, Virgin Islands
157
Salt Water Point-Beach Point
RpZ, Cayman Islands 142, 143
Salway, Gulf see Gulf of Salwah
Samana Bay, Dominican
Republic 151, 152
Samana Cay, Bahamas 105
Samar, Philippines 281, 285
Samar Sea, Philippines 285
Samoa 301, 373-6
San Andres, Colombia 130-2
San Bias Archipelago, Panama
125-8
San Cristobal, Ecuador 131, 133
San Cristobal, Solomon Islands
331
San Esteban NP, Venezuela
168, 169, 171
San Jose, Costa Rica 126
San Jose MuMR, Philippines
286
San Juan, Puerto Rico 1 54
San Pedro, Belize 118
San Salvador, Bahamas 103,
104, 105
San Salvador island, Ecuador
131
sandfish 379
Sandy Bay, Honduras 123
Sandy Island MP, Anguilla 159,
166
Sanganeb Atoll, Sudan 242, 243
Sanganeb Atoll MNP, Sudan
242, 243
Santa Cruz, Ecuador 131, 133
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon
Islands 330, 331,332
Santa Maria Island, Vanuatu
339
Santa Marta, Colombia 130, 131
Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic 150, 151
Santo Domingo NP, Dominican
Republic 151, 152
Sanya, China 290
Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo, Brazil
172, 174
Sapodilla Cayes MR, Belize 118,
120
Sarawak, Malaysia 266, 268,
269-71,288
Sarcophyton 33
Sargassum piatycarpum 171
Sarpassum spp. 52, 121, 135,
163, 247
Sarigan Island, Mariana Islands
350, 352
Sarmi, Irian Jaya 274 277
Sasanhaya FiPr, Northern
Marianas 353
Sala Misaki IKagoshimal MP,
Japan 292, 296
Satawal, Federated States of
Micronesia 355
Satawan, Federated States of
Micronesia 356
satellites 83-4
Saudi Arabia 234, 236, 248
Arabian Gulf coast 241, 252,
255
Red Sea coast 236, 240-2, 245
Saumarez Reef, Australia 318,
319
Savai'i Island, Samoa 373, 374,
375
Save River, Mozambigue 190
Sawataetae WMA, Papua New
Guinea 326, 329
Sawu Sea, Indonesia 273
Saya de Malha Bank 206
Saziley P, Mayotte 198, 199
scale, of maps 82
scallop 38
Scarborough Reef, Philippines
283, 288
Scaridae 42
Scarus vetula 42
SchizocuUna 175
schooling bannertish 205
schoolmasters 127, 137
Schouten Islands, Papua New
Guinea 325, 326
Schyphozoa 32
Scilly IManuaell TRes, French
Polynesia 388, 391
Scleractinia 19-22,34-5
scleratininan corals 19-22,
34-5
Scolymia wellsi 1 74
Scorpaenopsis diabotis 220
Scott Reef, Northern Australia
308, 309
scuba diving see diving
sea anemones 33
sea cucumbers 39-40, 58, 76
sea fans 101
sea kraits 43
sea levels 26, 139,384
sea pens 33
sea squirts 40
sea temperatures 20, 59, 61-2
sea urchins 39, 58
sea wasps 32
seabirds43-4, 316, 364, 395
seagrasses 30
seahorses 58
The Seal Dogs BS, Virgin
Islands 154, 157
Seal Island and Prickly Pear
Cay East MP, Anguilla 159,
166
sealions 44
seals 44, 395
seasnake 43
seaweed farming 189
seaweeds 52
sedimentation 22, 24, 57
Segundo Archipelago,
Mozambique 190, 193
seine-net fishing 189
Semha, Yemen 247, 248
Semporna, Malaysia 268, 269
Sepia sp. 38
Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
325, 326, 327
Sept Freres Island, Djibouti 248,
249-50
Seram, Indonesia 274
Seram Sea 273, 274
Seringapatam Reef, Northern
Australia 308. 309
Serrana Bank, Colombia 131,
132
Serranidae 40
Serranilla Bank, Colombia 131
Set Net Cays. Nicaragua 122,
123
Seychelles 61, 178, 180,200-4
Seychelles Bank 200
Shabelle River, Somalia 182,
185
Shadeganan Marshes, Iran
252
Shadwan Island, Red Sea 236
Shalao, China 290
Shan HuJiaoNR, China 288,
291
Shanghai, China 292
Shark Bay, Western Australia
305, 306, 307
Shark Bay MPMorld Heritage
Site. Western Australia 305.
306. 321
shark feeding 105
Shark Reef, Great Barrier Reef
318
shark/shark fin fishing 49, 56,
59, 246, 396
shark5 26, 58, 98-9, 391
Caribbean reef 75
grey reef 234
lemon 26
whale 99
Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt 236,
238
Sharm el Sheikh PCo. Egypt
239
Sharm Obhur, Saudi Arabia 242
Shaft al Arab, Arabian Gulf 251
Sheba Ridge, Arabian Sea 247
sheet coral 196
shell trade 52
Sheedvar Island Ramsar Site
255
Shidvar WRef, Arabian Gulf 252
Shikoku Island, Japan 292, 294
Shimobishi MP, Japan 296
Shipstern PrivR, Belize 118
shipwreck sites 359
Shoal Bay MP, Anguilla 159,
166
Shoalwater and Corio Bays
Ramsar Site, Australia 315,
321
shore crab 192
shrimp farming 51-2, 120. 263
shrimp fishing 136. 253
shrimpfish 203
Shuqra. Yemen 248. 249
Sian Ka'an BRINI. Mexico 116
Sian Ka'an UNESCO Biosphere
Reserve. Mexico 1 16
Sian Ka'an World Heritage Site,
Mexico 1 16
Siberul, Sumatra 267
Sibuyan Sea, Philippines 282,
285
SiderastreaUl. 175
Siderastrea radians 135
Siderastrea siderea 125, 1 30,
168
Siderastrea stellata 174
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
NatNP, Colombia 131, 133
Siganus lineatus 351
Sikaiana Atoll IStewart Islands!,
Solomon Islands 330, 331
Silhouette MNP, Seychelles
201,204
Sinulana 33
421
St. Martin Island, Guadeloupe
159
St. Martin NR. Guadeloupe 159,
166
St. Martin's Island IJinjiradwipl,
Bangladesh 2U, 217
St, Matthew's Island, Myanmar
262
St. Matthias Group, Papua New
Guinea 326. 327
St. Paul Subterranean River
NP, Philippines 285, 286
St. Pierre, Seychelles 202
St. Pierre FiR, Reunion 209
St. Raphael, Mauritius 207
St, Thomas, US Virgin Islands
154
St. Vincent, Lesser Antilles 160,
164-5,167
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
160, 164-5, 167
Saipan, Mariana Islands 348,
350,351,353
Sakiyama-wan NCA, Japan 292,
296
Sakurajima IKagoshimal MP,
Japan 292, 296
Saline I'Hermitage [lagoonl FiR,
Reunion 209
Saline I'Hermitage (reef) FiR,
Reunion 209
salinity 22
Salomon Atoll, British Indian
Ocean Territory IChagos
Archipelago! 20, 226, 227,
228
Salt Fish Tail Reef MNP,
Antigua and Barbuda 159,
166
Salt Island BS, Virgin Islands
157
Salt Water Point-Beach Point
RpZ, Cayman Islands 142, 143
Salway, Gulf see Gulf of Salwah
Samana Bay, Dominican
Republic 151, 152
Samana Cay, Bahamas 105
Samar, Philippines 281, 285
Samar Sea, Philippines 285
Samoa 301, 373-6
San Andres, Colombia 130-2
San Bias Archipelago, Panama
125-8
San Cristobal, Ecuador 131, 133
San Cristobal, Solomon Islands
331
San Esteban NP, Venezuela
168, 169, 171
San Jose, Costa Rica 126
San Jose MuMR, Philippines
286
San Juan, Puerto Rico 1 54
San Pedro, Belize 118
San Salvador, Bahamas 103,
104, 105
San Salvador island, Ecuador
131
sandfish 379
Sandy Bay, Honduras 123
Sandy Island MP, Anguilla 159,
166
Sanganeb Atoll, Sudan 242, 243
Sanganeb Atoll MNP, Sudan
242, 243
Santa Cruz, Ecuador 131, 133
Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon
Islands 330, 331,332
Santa Maria Island, Vanuatu
339
Santa Marta, Colombia 130, 131
Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic 150, 151
Santo Domingo NP, Dominican
Republic 151, 152
Sanya, China 290
Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo, Brazil
172, 174
Sapodilla Cayes MR, Belize 118,
120
Sarawak, Malaysia 266, 268,
269-71,288
Sarcophyton 33
Sargassum piatycarpum 171
Sarpassum spp. 52, 121, 135,
163, 247
Sarigan Island, Mariana Islands
350, 352
Sarmi, Irian Jaya 274 277
Sasanhaya FiPr, Northern
Marianas 353
Sala Misaki IKagoshimal MP,
Japan 292, 296
Satawal, Federated States of
Micronesia 355
Satawan, Federated States of
Micronesia 356
satellites 83-4
Saudi Arabia 234, 236, 248
Arabian Gulf coast 241, 252,
255
Red Sea coast 236, 240-2, 245
Saumarez Reef, Australia 318,
319
Savai'i Island, Samoa 373, 374,
375
Save River, Mozambigue 190
Sawataetae WMA, Papua New
Guinea 326, 329
Sawu Sea, Indonesia 273
Saya de Malha Bank 206
Saziley P, Mayotte 198, 199
scale, of maps 82
scallop 38
Scarborough Reef, Philippines
283, 288
Scaridae 42
Scarus vetula 42
SchizocuUna 175
schooling bannertish 205
schoolmasters 127, 137
Schouten Islands, Papua New
Guinea 325, 326
Schyphozoa 32
Scilly IManuaell TRes, French
Polynesia 388, 391
Scleractinia 19-22,34-5
scleratininan corals 19-22,
34-5
Scolymia wellsi 1 74
Scorpaenopsis diabotis 220
Scott Reef, Northern Australia
308, 309
scuba diving see diving
sea anemones 33
sea cucumbers 39-40, 58, 76
sea fans 101
sea kraits 43
sea levels 26, 139,384
sea pens 33
sea squirts 40
sea temperatures 20, 59, 61-2
sea urchins 39, 58
sea wasps 32
seabirds43-4, 316, 364, 395
seagrasses 30
seahorses 58
The Seal Dogs BS, Virgin
Islands 154, 157
Seal Island and Prickly Pear
Cay East MP, Anguilla 159,
166
sealions 44
seals 44, 395
seasnake 43
seaweed farming 189
seaweeds 52
sedimentation 22, 24, 57
Segundo Archipelago,
Mozambique 190, 193
seine-net fishing 189
Semha, Yemen 247, 248
Semporna, Malaysia 268, 269
Sepia sp. 38
Sepik River, Papua New Guinea
325, 326, 327
Sept Freres Island, Djibouti 248,
249-50
Seram, Indonesia 274
Seram Sea 273, 274
Seringapatam Reef, Northern
Australia 308. 309
Serrana Bank, Colombia 131,
132
Serranidae 40
Serranilla Bank, Colombia 131
Set Net Cays. Nicaragua 122,
123
Seychelles 61, 178, 180,200-4
Seychelles Bank 200
Shabelle River, Somalia 182,
185
Shadeganan Marshes, Iran
252
Shadwan Island, Red Sea 236
Shalao, China 290
Shan HuJiaoNR, China 288,
291
Shanghai, China 292
Shark Bay, Western Australia
305, 306, 307
Shark Bay MPMorld Heritage
Site. Western Australia 305.
306. 321
shark feeding 105
Shark Reef, Great Barrier Reef
318
shark/shark fin fishing 49, 56,
59, 246, 396
shark5 26, 58, 98-9, 391
Caribbean reef 75
grey reef 234
lemon 26
whale 99
Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt 236,
238
Sharm el Sheikh PCo. Egypt
239
Sharm Obhur, Saudi Arabia 242
Shaft al Arab, Arabian Gulf 251
Sheba Ridge, Arabian Sea 247
sheet coral 196
shell trade 52
Sheedvar Island Ramsar Site
255
Shidvar WRef, Arabian Gulf 252
Shikoku Island, Japan 292, 294
Shimobishi MP, Japan 296
Shipstern PrivR, Belize 118
shipwreck sites 359
Shoal Bay MP, Anguilla 159,
166
Shoalwater and Corio Bays
Ramsar Site, Australia 315,
321
shore crab 192
shrimp farming 51-2, 120. 263
shrimp fishing 136. 253
shrimpfish 203
Shuqra. Yemen 248. 249
Sian Ka'an BRINI. Mexico 116
Sian Ka'an UNESCO Biosphere
Reserve. Mexico 1 16
Sian Ka'an World Heritage Site,
Mexico 1 16
Siberul, Sumatra 267
Sibuyan Sea, Philippines 282,
285
SiderastreaUl. 175
Siderastrea radians 135
Siderastrea siderea 125, 1 30,
168
Siderastrea stellata 174
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
NatNP, Colombia 131, 133
Siganus lineatus 351
Sikaiana Atoll IStewart Islands!,
Solomon Islands 330, 331
Silhouette MNP, Seychelles
201,204
Sinulana 33