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NOAA Photo Library Image - reef3146

Dive tourism can place additional stress on reefs. Standing on or handling live corals can damage or even kill the coral polyps.

Image ID: reef3146, NOAA's Coral Kingdom Collection
Location: Mariana Islands, Guam
Photographer: David Burdick


Category: Coral Reefs/Stress Tourism/

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