East Pacific Barrier (IMAGE)

University of Bristol

East Pacific Barrier

Caption

The East Pacific Barrier; over 5,000 km of open ocean separating eastern Pacific coral reefs (in red) from their nearest neighbors to the west.

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S. Wood. Reef locations obtained from UNEP-WCMC (2010; http://data.unep-wcmc.org/datasets/1). Image created using ArcGIS® software by Esri (Copyright © Esri. All rights reserved)

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