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Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

Index Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is a U.S. National Marine Sanctuary in the Florida Keys. [1]

48 relations: Ajax Reef, Alligator Reef, Atlantic Ocean, Carysfort Reef, Cheeca Rocks, Coffins Patch, Conch Reef, Coral, Coral bleaching, Coral reef, Crocker Reef, Davis Reef, Dry Rocks, Eastern Dry Rocks, Eastern Sambo, Ecosystem, Florida Bay, Florida Keys, Florida Reef, French Reef, Global warming, Grecian Rocks (reef), Gulf of Mexico, Hen and Chickens (reef), Looe Key, Mangrove, Marker 32, Molasses Reef, National Ocean Service, Newfound Harbor Key, North America, Pacific Reef, Pickles Reef, Plant litter, Pterois, Rock Key, Sand Key (reef), Schinus terebinthifolia, Seabed, Seagrass, Snapper Ledge, Sombrero Key, Tennessee Reef, The Elbow (reef), Turtle Reef, United States National Marine Sanctuary, Western Sambo, 9-foot Stake.

Ajax Reef

Ajax Reef is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and also within Biscayne National Park.

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Alligator Reef

Alligator Reef is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.

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Carysfort Reef

Carysfort is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

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Cheeca Rocks

Cheeca Rocks is a shallow coral reef (patch reef) located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

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Coffins Patch

Coffins Patch is a shallow coral reef (patch reef) located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

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Conch Reef

Conch Reef is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

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Coral

Corals are marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria.

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Coral bleaching

Coral bleaching occurs when coral polyps expel algae that live inside their tissues.

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Coral reef

Coral reefs are diverse underwater ecosystems held together by calcium carbonate structures secreted by corals.

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Crocker Reef

Crocker Reef (or Crocker Ridges) is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

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Davis Reef

Davis Reef is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

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Dry Rocks

Dry Rocks (or Key Largo Dry Rocks) is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

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Eastern Dry Rocks

Eastern Dry Rocks is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

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Eastern Sambo

Eastern Sambo is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

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Ecosystem

An ecosystem is a community made up of living organisms and nonliving components such as air, water, and mineral soil.

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Florida Bay

Florida Bay is the bay located between the southern end of the Florida mainland (the Florida Everglades) and the Florida Keys in the United States.

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Florida Keys

The Florida Keys are a coral cay archipelago located off the southern coast of Florida, forming the southernmost portion of the continental United States.

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Florida Reef

The Florida Reef (also known as the Great Florida Reef, Florida reefs, Florida Reef Tract and Florida Keys Reef Tract) is the only living coral barrier reef in the continental United States.

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French Reef

French Reef is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

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Global warming

Global warming, also referred to as climate change, is the observed century-scale rise in the average temperature of the Earth's climate system and its related effects.

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Grecian Rocks (reef)

Grecian Rocks is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

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Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico (Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent.

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Hen and Chickens (reef)

Hen and Chickens is a shallow coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

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Looe Key

Looe Key is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

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Mangrove

A mangrove is a shrub or small tree that grows in coastal saline or brackish water.

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Marker 32

Marker 32 is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

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Molasses Reef

Molasses Reef is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

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National Ocean Service

The National Ocean Service (NOS), an office within the U.S. Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), is responsible for preserving and enhancing the nation’s coastal resources and ecosystems along of shoreline bordering of coastal, Great Lakes, and ocean waters.

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Newfound Harbor Key

Newfound Harbor Key is a shallow coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

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North America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.

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Pacific Reef

Pacific Reef is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary and also within Biscayne National Park.

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Pickles Reef

Pickles Reef is a small coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

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Plant litter

Litterfall, plant litter, leaf litter, tree litter, soil litter, or duff, is dead plant material (such as leaves, bark, needles, twigs, and cladodes) that have fallen to the ground.

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Pterois

Pterois is a genus of venomous marine fish, commonly known as lionfish, native to the Indo-Pacific.

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Rock Key

Rock Key is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

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Sand Key (reef)

Sand Key is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

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Schinus terebinthifolia

Schinus terebinthifolia is a species of flowering plant in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae, that is native to subtropical and tropical South America (southeastern Brazil, northern Argentina, and Paraguay).

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Seabed

The seabed (also known as the seafloor, sea floor, or ocean floor) is the bottom of the ocean.

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Seagrass

Seagrasses are flowering plants (angiosperms) belonging to four families (Posidoniaceae, Zosteraceae, Hydrocharitaceae and Cymodoceaceae), all in the order Alismatales (in the class of monocotyledons), which grow in marine, fully saline environments.

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Snapper Ledge

Snapper Ledge is a small coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

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Sombrero Key

Sombrero Key is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

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Tennessee Reef

Tennessee Reef is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

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The Elbow (reef)

The Elbow (or Elbow Reef) is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

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Turtle Reef

Turtle Reef is a coral reef situated at the northern extremity of the Turtle Rocks shoal, and located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

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United States National Marine Sanctuary

A U.S. National Marine Sanctuary is a federally designated area within United States waters that protects areas of the marine environment with special conservation, recreational, ecological, historical, cultural, archeological, scientific, educational, or aesthetic qualities.

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Western Sambo

Western Sambo is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

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9-foot Stake

9-foot Stake is a coral reef located within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Keys_National_Marine_Sanctuary

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