Conch Reef
{{short description|Coral reef in the Florida Keys, US}}
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| country = United States
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Conch Reef is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. It lies to the southeast of Plantation Key. This reef is within a Sanctuary Preservation Area (SPA). Adjacent to the SPA is a "Research Only" zone and the Aquarius underwater laboratory is at the center of the zone. Outside of these zones is Conch Wall, a deep wall reef.
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110927110727/http://www.uncw.edu/nurc/resources/Conch_Topo_Map_high.jpg Contour map of Conch Reef, with Aquarius lab in center]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20101123151618/http://flkeysbenthicmaps.noaa.gov/data/pro_areas_htmls/conch_reef.html Benthic Habitat Map]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izvlhXbwpTI Video of Pillar coral at Conch Wall]
- Barbara H. Lidz, Christopher D. Reich, and Eugene A. Shinn. Systematic Mapping of Bedrock and Habitats along the Florida Reef Tract—Central Key Largo to Halfmoon Shoal (Gulf of Mexico). USGS Professional Paper 1751 [http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/2007/1751/professional-paper/tile2/conch.html Tile 2, Conch Reef]
References
- [http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/pgallery/atlasmaps/images/fkeast_2000.jpg NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Maps, Florida Keys East]
- [http://floridakeys.noaa.gov/zones/spas/conchreef.html NOAA website on Conch Reef]
- [http://www.charts.noaa.gov/OnLineViewer/11464.shtml NOAA Navigational Chart 11464]
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