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Acropora在印度尼西亚Halmahera附近的浅礁中壮成长

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We’ve just spent a week diving in the northern province of Maluku Indonesia around the island of Halmahera, and to say we found ourAcroporadream reef is an understatement. We visited this region as part of the Polyp Lab coral spotting expedition and have saved same some of the best looking reefs for last.

您可以查看我们的前两篇文章，以了解有关韦达Bay and the Island of Halmahera，还有一些巨大的珊瑚殖民地we spotted on this trip.

Elmoos环礁

到探险的第三天，我们对珊瑚的传染性兴奋开始消失。潜水指南准备找到Weda必须提供的最好的珊瑚礁。我们前往韦达湾南部，前往Elmoos环礁礁。

Elmo’s Atoll Reef in Weda Halmahera. Note the size of our boat, the little white dot in the bottom left corner of the Atoll. Photo马库斯·罗斯（Markus Roth）

当我们到达礁石时，潮汐越来越快，从蓝色驶来，我们发现了浅珊瑚礁，从深蓝色海洋中出现的绿松石色的讲述迹象。我们的船到达了礁石的侧面，我们可以看到40多英尺的距离，水很清澈。

Elmoos reef is massive, in the picture above you can see our boat, the little white dot in the bottom left corner of the Atoll. The outside of the Atoll consists of steep walls down past 100 feet, and we spend some time exploring the wall before heading to the reef crest.

The top of Elmoos Reef looking toward the drop off is impressive on it’s own but the magic is toward the center of the reef where corals pierce the surface of the water at low tide.

从礁石向外看墙壁的顶部是坚硬和柔软的珊瑚的健康混合物，都争夺太空。您很难在25到10英尺深的礁石峰沿礁石峰上找到一个裸露的空间。但是真正引起我们注意的是礁石上满是Acroporacorals.

Elmoos环礁Reef – Weda Indonesia

Acropora Corals在Weda印度尼西亚周围的浅礁中壮成长，该视频是在Elmoos环礁礁上拍摄的，这是Polyplab珊瑚探险探险的一部分。

发表礁石制造商on Monday, June 25, 2018

埃尔莫斯（Elmoos）的珊瑚礁上衣茂密，珊瑚岛很少开放，岩石空间很少，而洛莱洛（Loleo）的礁石上衣则显着岩石的房地产。这两个珊瑚礁都是Acroporaparadise, not a single broken coral branch in sight.

TheAcropora似乎喜欢在这个浅平台中吸收射线。他们肯定不介意高光，并且由于每天的潮汐波动，礁石顶部的水流非常稳定，可以冷却它们。

Loleo

I was already impressed with Elmoos reef, but the following day the dive guides totally outdid themselves. Feeding off my excitement for the shallowAcropora他们在Elmoos的天堂，将我带到了另一个叫Loleo的礁石，哦，宝贝，这个礁石就像我从未见过的那样。

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I tried approaching the edge of the reef until the corals were so shallow there was no getting past. After 30 minutes skirting around, I swam back to the boat, left my tank and fins, and got back in the water to photograph this amazing reef scape.

坚固的Acropora珊瑚礁顶部的珊瑚不仅生存，而且在这波冲洗的潮间带中繁衍生息。礁石最浅的部分中的一些较老的菌落甚至在其中心分支的尖端上缺乏轴向珊瑚岩，显示出反复暴露于空气，风和有时淡水雨的迹象。

A coral fragment sets off on its own to start a new colony. This colony could have started from a broken branch from the mother colony behind, or perhaps it settled during a spawning event. Either way, it’s always nice to see corals colonizing new territory.

The dominant corals in this habitat where Acropora abrotanoides和Acropora robustawhich are both available in the aquarium hobby. Perhaps take this shallow sun-drenched reef as a cue!

给这些珊瑚很多灯，大量的流动和足够的生长空间，也许有一天您将拥有自己的巨大殖民地！

We snapped a few photos near the edge of the reef before ditching the scuba gear in the boat and heading to the shallowest parts of the reef. Photo:马库斯·罗斯（Markus Roth）

谢谢Polyp Lab赞助我们的探险和韦达Reef and Rainforest Resortfor showing us around Halmahera

Nicole Helgason

Nicole Helgason is a professional scuba diver and can often be found photographing corals and sharing her passion about coral reefs around the world. Nicole is Reef Builders Event Manager and is responsible for running ReefStock shows in Denver and Sydney. Nicole is also a manager for Reef Builders social media accounts and a weekly contributor to the Reef Builders site. Nicole has a Bachelors degree in Coastal Geography from the University of Victoria, and is originally from Vancouver Canada.