Northern and northeastern Nevada were still home to reef habitats.

But scientists have determined that the dose is more than enough to kill the sensitive corals that create and maintain the rich reef habitat.

The park, little more than an hour's drive from Miami, is home to one of the last unsullied reef habitats in South Florida.

Found in reef habitats ranging from the Indian Ocean to Melanesia.

Such feather stars are very numerous in some reef habitats today.

The species inhabits inshore coastal environments, especially reef habitats.

Mangrove swamp, lagoon, island key and offshore reef habitats provide diversity for many species.

Members of the genus are found in sheltered reef habitats, often in crevices or other shaded areas.

Now the trend is to rebuild marine life by regulating how many fish can be caught and by developing new reef habitats.

No studies of the population size have been done but the chief threat it is likely to face is from the degradation of its reef habitat.