大堡礁是400种珊瑚的产地，是个约有2 900种远海有和近海珊瑚礁的大拼盘。
Home to 400 coral species, the Great Barrier reef is a Mosaic of approximately 2, 900 offshore and inshore reefs.
在近海区域，柔细的白沙逐渐延伸进珊瑚礁和成群的热带鱼之中，使这里成为潜水的绝佳地带。
Just offshore, the fine white sand grades into coral reefs and schools of tropical fish, making it a great place for snorkelling.
从加拿大一直到塔斯马尼亚，大多有海草丛，海榄，或者珊瑚礁的近海区域都生存着一两种海马科动物。
From Canada to Tasmania, most coastal areas with sea grass beds, mangroves, or coral reefs can lay claim to a seahorse species or two.
他们还发现了第四个可能的新物种，以及其他一些被认为不在加拉帕戈斯群岛附近海域生长的珊瑚。
They also found a fourth possible new species and other corals that were thought not to inhabit the waters around the Galapagos.
一条浑身布满圆点和条纹，令人炫目的箱鲀，正在印度尼西亚土康贝西群岛（音译）附近海域的珊瑚丛中畅游。
A dizzying array of dots and squiggles decorates a striped boxfish (Ostracion solorensis) gliding by a coral reef near Indonesia's Tukangbesi Islands.
珊瑚礁对于全世界上百万种差异性极大的近海海洋生物来说是至关重要的。
Coral reefs are crucial to the livelihoods of millions of coastal dwellers around the world and contain a huge range of biodiversity.
佛罗里达海洋保护者编写了一本简单的食谱，呼吁大家吃掉不断威胁近海域珊瑚礁生态平衡的入侵者狮子鱼。
Florida Marine conservationists have come up with a simple recipe for fighting the invading lionfish that is gobbling up local reef life — eat them.
该地区还拥有郁郁葱葱的山区乡村、温泉、近海的火山岛、珊瑚礁和数英里的原始海滩。
The area also boasts a lush, mountainous countryside, hot springs, an offshore volcanic island, coral reefs and miles of pristine beaches.
堡礁：一狭长的与海岸平行且相对靠近海岸的珊瑚礁或岩石，常被很深的、不适合珊瑚生长的环礁湖与海岸隔开。
Barrier reef: a long, narrow ridge of coral or rock parallel to and relatively near a coastline, separated from the coastline by a lagoon too deep for coral growth.
堡礁：一狭长的与海岸平行且相对靠近海岸的珊瑚礁或岩石，常被很深的、不适合珊瑚生长的环礁湖与海岸隔开。
Barrier reef: a long, narrow ridge of coral or rock parallel to and relatively near a coastline, separated from the coastline by a lagoon too deep for coral growth.
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