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Typical reef scape within the Gardens of the Queen.

Typical reef scape within the Gardens of the Queen.
Typical reef scape within the Gardens of the Queen.
Typical reef scape within the Gardens of the Queen.
Typical reef scape within the Gardens of the Queen.
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Apprill, Amy
Typical reef scape within the Gardens of the Queen.
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11/07/2017
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 55, No. 1, Pg. 4:
A reefscape in the highly protected Jardines de la Reina (Gardens of the Queen), Cuba provides habitat and feeding grounds for large numbers of fish, including top predators like sharks and groupers.
Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 53, No. 2, pg. 15:
Thriving schools of white grunts and schoolmaster snappers swim amid lush corals of the Jardines de la Reina (Gardens of the Queen) National Park, an 850-square-mile archipelago of protected islands and reefs 50 miles off the coast of Cuba.
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Thriving schools of white grunts and schoolmaster snapper swim amid the lush corals of the Jardines de la Reina (Gardens of the Queen) off Cuba. Because the reefs are somewhat remote and Cuba has remained relatively underdeveloped, the Jardines de la Reina have not been exposed to many of the stressors that have diminished other reefs throughout the world, including overfishing, tourism, pollution, and disease. WHOI biologist Amy Apprill led an unprecedented joint expedition with Cuban and American scientists in November 2017 to study these pristine and unexplored coral reefs.
Photo by Amy Apprill
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