Title: Shipwreck in Palmyra Atoll
Description: Shipwrecks and other artificial structures increase the potential for large invasions of unwanted species into coral reefs, even relatively pristine ones. In this picture, a shipwreck in the remote Palmyra Atoll in the central Pacific Ocean resulted in the dense colonization of an invasive coral-like species called Rhodactis howesii, pictured here.
Location: USA
Photographer: Thierry Work,
U.S. Geological Survey
Usage: This image is public domain/of free use. Please refer to the USGS Copyright section for more details.
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File Size (original): JPEG Image - 1.05 MB
Dimensions: 2560 x 1920
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Tags: NR2009_08_03 ocean shipwreck
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
