Aerial photograph of northern GBR showing coastal fringing reefs, inner-shelf fringing reefs around islands, mid-shelf reefs and outer-shelf (ribbon) reefs
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Description
Aerial photograph of northern GBR showing (A) coastal fringing reefs, (B) inner-shelf fringing reefs around islands, (C) mid-shelf reefs and (D) outer-shelf (ribbon) reefs.