Weather, Coral Reef

NOAA Ship MCARTHUR II, Marine Operations Center, Pacific, Coral Reef at Johnston Atoll - High Resolution Image, The McARTHUR II was acquired from the U.S. Navy in 2002 and was converted by NOAA.

from a T-AGOS surveillance vessel to a multiple-disciplinary platform capable of a broad range of missions.NOAA Life at Sea Ship McArthurII

Elkhorn coral and a club tip finger coral in the foreground. Image ID: reef2554, The Coral Kingdom Collection Credit: Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, High Resolution Photo Available - Click Here

Publication of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration (NOAA), NOAA Central Library, Last Updated: 07-17-2001. NOAA Photo Library

Soft coral with polyps extended. Image ID: reef2562, The Coral Kingdom Collection Photographer: Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Staff Credit: Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, High Resolution Photo Available - Click Here

Publication of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration (NOAA), NOAA Central Library, Last Updated: 07-17-2001, NOAA Photo Library

Figures 1-8, Isophyllia dipsacea. In: "Report on the Florida Reefs", 1880, by Louis Agassiz. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Vol. VII, No. 1. Plate VII. These plates help document the oldest studies of the Florida Reefs. Image ID: reef2507, The Coral Kingdom Collection Location: Florida Photo Date: 1851 Field Studies. High Resolution Photo Available - Click Here

Publication of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration (NOAA), NOAA Central Library, Last Updated: 07-17-2001. NOAA Photo Library

Brain coral and sea fan close-up. 1987 Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Photo Contest entry. Image ID: reef2585, The Coral Kingdom Collection .

Photographer: Steven Cook Credit: Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. High Resolution Photo Available - Click Here Publication of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration (NOAA), NOAA Central Library. Last Updated: 07-17-2001. NOAA Photo Library

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