424
WORLD ATLAS OF CORAL REEFS
Saudi Arabia 2i 1.242
UNEP World Conservation
Monitoring Centre 89-90
UNESCO Man and the
Biosphere Programme 71
Unguja see Zanzibar
Unilever 74
Union, St. Vincent and the
Grenadines 160
United Arab Emirates 248. 251.
252
University of Guam 353
University of the South Pacific,
Suva 344
Upolu, Samoa 373. 375
upwellings 20, 130
Uracas see Farallon de Pajaros,
Mariana Islands
urchins see sea urchins
user fees 69, 71, 164,239
Utnk AtoU. Marshall Islands
361,362
Utupua Island. Solomon Islands
330,331
Uturoa. Society Islands 386.
388
V
Van Diemen Gulf. Northern
Australia 308
Vangunu Island, Solomon
Islands 331. 333
Vanlkolo. Solomon Islands 330,
331
Vankalai Reef, Sn Lanka 218,
219
Vanua Balavu Island. Fiji 3*13,
344
Vanua Lava Island, Vanuatu
339
Vanua Levu, Fiji 342-5
Vanua Levu Barrier Reef. Fiji
342. 343
Vanuatu 338-41
Vataru Kandu DS. Maldives
223-4, 225
Vatoa Island. Fiji 343. 344
Vatu Ira Cfiannel, Fiji 342, 343
Vava'u Group, Tonga 377, 378,
380
Venezuela 147, 168-70, 171
Veracruz, Mexico 112, 114, 115
Veracruz reefs, Mexico 1 14
Vero Beach, Florida 96, 97
Victoria, Seychelles 201
Victoria House-Sand Cay
Apartments MP, Cayman
Islands 142, 143
Victory Bank, British Indian
Ocean Territory 227
Viemandu Channel, Maldives
224
Vientiane 288
Vieques. Puerto Rico 63. 153.
154, 155
Vieques Passage, Puerto Rico
154
Vietnam 288, 289-90, 291
Vigie Beach Artificial Reef MR,
St, Lucia 160, 167
Virgin Gorda, British Virgin '
Islands 154, 156
Virgin Islands 153, 154, 155-7
Virgin Islands NP 154, 157
Virgin Islands Trough 153
Visayan Sea, Philippines 281,
285
Visayas Islands, Philippines
281,283
Viti Levu, Fiji 342-5
Vixen PA. Bermuda 100, 102
Volcano Islands see Kanzan
Islands, Japan
Vostok, Kiribati 366
Vuata Vatoa Atoll, Fiji 343, 344
w
Waikiki. Oahu. Hawaiian Islands
393
Waikjki Island-Diamond Head
FMA. Hawaiian Islands 393.
396
Watkiki MLCD, Hawaiian Islands
393. 396
Waimea Say. Oahu. Hawaiian
Islands 393
Wake Atoll. Polynesia 394, 397
Walker's Cay, Bahamas 105
Wallacea see Nusa Tenggara;
Sulawesi
Wallls and Futuna. Polynesia
369.371,372
Wandur [Mahatma Gandhil
MNP, India 216. 217
War in the Pacific NHP. Guam
350, 353
Warrior Reefs. Australia 310,
311,313
Washington-Slagbaai. Bonaire
169
Watamu MNP, Kenya 182. 185
Waturu Atoll. Maldives 221,
223-4
Weipa. Queensland 308. 31
West Africa 147, 173, 174-5
West Bay Cemetery-Victoria
House RpZ, Cayman Islands
142, 143
West Caicos, Turks and Caicos
107
West Caicos Marine NP. Turks
and Caicos 107. 108
West Cay WR. St, Vincent and
the Grenadines 160, 167
West Fayu, Federated States of
Micronesia 355
Western Caribbean 1 10-12, see
aiso individual countries/
regions
Western Indian Ocean 180,
181-2. see also individual
countries/regions
Wet Tropics of Queensland
World Heritage Site 311
Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino
World Heritage Site. Mexico
112
whale shark 99
whales44, 316. 395
whelk 105
white band disease 62. 93. 98.
140. 155
white-belly damsel 374
whitespotted filefish 150
Whitsunday Islands.
Queensland 312. 313. 315
Wight Bank. British Indian
Ocean Territory 226, 227
Wilhelm, Mount, Papua New
Guinea 325
Wilkes Exploring Expedition 79
Windspint 1 56
Windward Islands see
Netherlands Antilles,
Windward Islands
Windward Passage 151
Winslow Reef. Cook Islands
381.383
Winslow Reef, Kiribati 363, 365
Wizard Reef. Seychelles 202
Woleai, Federated States of
Micronesia 355
World Heritage Convention 71
World Resources Institute 65
World's End Reefs. Grenadines
165
Wotje. Marshalllslands361
wrasse 330
bandcheck 353
cleaner 41. 42. 199
humphead (Napolean) 42. 49,
58
Wreck Reefs. Australia 318, 319
Wreck of the Rhone MP, Virgin
Islands 154. 157
X
Xcalak. Mexico 1 15
XcalakNMP. Mexico 112, 115.
116.118
Xincun Bay. China 290
Xing Da Area PA, Bermuda 100,
102
Yalong Bay, China 291
Yanbu Al Bahr, Saudi Arabia
240-1.242
Yangon, Myanmar 262
Yap Island, Federated States of
Micronesia 68, 355. 358, 359
Yapen Strait. Indonesia 274
Yasawa Group. Fiji 342, 343
yellow goatfish 162
yellow band disease 140
yellowspot emperor 41, 251
Yemen
Gulfof Aden 248, 249
Red Sea 245, 246
Yongala HShip, Australia 321
Yorke Islands, Queensland 31
Yoronto (Kagoshimaj MP, Japan
296
Yoshino-Kumano NP, Japan
292. 296
Young Island. St. Vincent and
the Grenadines 160
Yucatan Channel. Mexico 115
Yucatan Current 114
Yucatan Peninsula. Mexico 118
Yves Merlet IR, New Caledonia
335, 337
Zabargad [St, John's Island).
Egypt 239. 242
Zagros Mountains, Iran 251
Zamami (Okinawa) MP, Japan
292, 296
Zambezi Delta, Mozambique
190
Zamboanga Peninsula,
Philippines 285
Zanclus cornutus 291
Zanzibar, Tanzania 186-9
Zanzibar Channel, Tanzania 187
Zealandia Banks, Mariana
Islands 350, 352
Zhongsha Qundao see
Macclesfield Bank. South
China Sea
Zoantharia 33, 184
zooxanthellae 31. 33. 35, 39, 59
Y
Yaeyama Islands. Japan 292,
294
WORLD ATLAS OF CORAL REEFS
Saudi Arabia 2i 1.242
UNEP World Conservation
Monitoring Centre 89-90
UNESCO Man and the
Biosphere Programme 71
Unguja see Zanzibar
Unilever 74
Union, St. Vincent and the
Grenadines 160
United Arab Emirates 248. 251.
252
University of Guam 353
University of the South Pacific,
Suva 344
Upolu, Samoa 373. 375
upwellings 20, 130
Uracas see Farallon de Pajaros,
Mariana Islands
urchins see sea urchins
user fees 69, 71, 164,239
Utnk AtoU. Marshall Islands
361,362
Utupua Island. Solomon Islands
330,331
Uturoa. Society Islands 386.
388
V
Van Diemen Gulf. Northern
Australia 308
Vangunu Island, Solomon
Islands 331. 333
Vanlkolo. Solomon Islands 330,
331
Vankalai Reef, Sn Lanka 218,
219
Vanua Balavu Island. Fiji 3*13,
344
Vanua Lava Island, Vanuatu
339
Vanua Levu, Fiji 342-5
Vanua Levu Barrier Reef. Fiji
342. 343
Vanuatu 338-41
Vataru Kandu DS. Maldives
223-4, 225
Vatoa Island. Fiji 343. 344
Vatu Ira Cfiannel, Fiji 342, 343
Vava'u Group, Tonga 377, 378,
380
Venezuela 147, 168-70, 171
Veracruz, Mexico 112, 114, 115
Veracruz reefs, Mexico 1 14
Vero Beach, Florida 96, 97
Victoria, Seychelles 201
Victoria House-Sand Cay
Apartments MP, Cayman
Islands 142, 143
Victory Bank, British Indian
Ocean Territory 227
Viemandu Channel, Maldives
224
Vientiane 288
Vieques. Puerto Rico 63. 153.
154, 155
Vieques Passage, Puerto Rico
154
Vietnam 288, 289-90, 291
Vigie Beach Artificial Reef MR,
St, Lucia 160, 167
Virgin Gorda, British Virgin '
Islands 154, 156
Virgin Islands 153, 154, 155-7
Virgin Islands NP 154, 157
Virgin Islands Trough 153
Visayan Sea, Philippines 281,
285
Visayas Islands, Philippines
281,283
Viti Levu, Fiji 342-5
Vixen PA. Bermuda 100, 102
Volcano Islands see Kanzan
Islands, Japan
Vostok, Kiribati 366
Vuata Vatoa Atoll, Fiji 343, 344
w
Waikiki. Oahu. Hawaiian Islands
393
Waikjki Island-Diamond Head
FMA. Hawaiian Islands 393.
396
Watkiki MLCD, Hawaiian Islands
393. 396
Waimea Say. Oahu. Hawaiian
Islands 393
Wake Atoll. Polynesia 394, 397
Walker's Cay, Bahamas 105
Wallacea see Nusa Tenggara;
Sulawesi
Wallls and Futuna. Polynesia
369.371,372
Wandur [Mahatma Gandhil
MNP, India 216. 217
War in the Pacific NHP. Guam
350, 353
Warrior Reefs. Australia 310,
311,313
Washington-Slagbaai. Bonaire
169
Watamu MNP, Kenya 182. 185
Waturu Atoll. Maldives 221,
223-4
Weipa. Queensland 308. 31
West Africa 147, 173, 174-5
West Bay Cemetery-Victoria
House RpZ, Cayman Islands
142, 143
West Caicos, Turks and Caicos
107
West Caicos Marine NP. Turks
and Caicos 107. 108
West Cay WR. St, Vincent and
the Grenadines 160, 167
West Fayu, Federated States of
Micronesia 355
Western Caribbean 1 10-12, see
aiso individual countries/
regions
Western Indian Ocean 180,
181-2. see also individual
countries/regions
Wet Tropics of Queensland
World Heritage Site 311
Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino
World Heritage Site. Mexico
112
whale shark 99
whales44, 316. 395
whelk 105
white band disease 62. 93. 98.
140. 155
white-belly damsel 374
whitespotted filefish 150
Whitsunday Islands.
Queensland 312. 313. 315
Wight Bank. British Indian
Ocean Territory 226, 227
Wilhelm, Mount, Papua New
Guinea 325
Wilkes Exploring Expedition 79
Windspint 1 56
Windward Islands see
Netherlands Antilles,
Windward Islands
Windward Passage 151
Winslow Reef. Cook Islands
381.383
Winslow Reef, Kiribati 363, 365
Wizard Reef. Seychelles 202
Woleai, Federated States of
Micronesia 355
World Heritage Convention 71
World Resources Institute 65
World's End Reefs. Grenadines
165
Wotje. Marshalllslands361
wrasse 330
bandcheck 353
cleaner 41. 42. 199
humphead (Napolean) 42. 49,
58
Wreck Reefs. Australia 318, 319
Wreck of the Rhone MP, Virgin
Islands 154. 157
X
Xcalak. Mexico 1 15
XcalakNMP. Mexico 112, 115.
116.118
Xincun Bay. China 290
Xing Da Area PA, Bermuda 100,
102
Yalong Bay, China 291
Yanbu Al Bahr, Saudi Arabia
240-1.242
Yangon, Myanmar 262
Yap Island, Federated States of
Micronesia 68, 355. 358, 359
Yapen Strait. Indonesia 274
Yasawa Group. Fiji 342, 343
yellow goatfish 162
yellow band disease 140
yellowspot emperor 41, 251
Yemen
Gulfof Aden 248, 249
Red Sea 245, 246
Yongala HShip, Australia 321
Yorke Islands, Queensland 31
Yoronto (Kagoshimaj MP, Japan
296
Yoshino-Kumano NP, Japan
292. 296
Young Island. St. Vincent and
the Grenadines 160
Yucatan Channel. Mexico 115
Yucatan Current 114
Yucatan Peninsula. Mexico 118
Yves Merlet IR, New Caledonia
335, 337
Zabargad [St, John's Island).
Egypt 239. 242
Zagros Mountains, Iran 251
Zamami (Okinawa) MP, Japan
292, 296
Zambezi Delta, Mozambique
190
Zamboanga Peninsula,
Philippines 285
Zanclus cornutus 291
Zanzibar, Tanzania 186-9
Zanzibar Channel, Tanzania 187
Zealandia Banks, Mariana
Islands 350, 352
Zhongsha Qundao see
Macclesfield Bank. South
China Sea
Zoantharia 33, 184
zooxanthellae 31. 33. 35, 39, 59
Y
Yaeyama Islands. Japan 292,
294