The Faith of the Gordon Reef

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited -The Faith of the Gordon Reef

EGYPT | Friday, 11 January 2013 | Views [536]

A Sulphur damselfish and a Parrot fish are seen here feeding on the microscopic algae growing on coral reefs. In the background, a school of Bicolor damselfish swim across a column of bubbles generated by scuba divers.

Bluespotted ribbontail ray (Taeniura lymma) scurries for shelter near the wreckage of the Loullia. Often found near shipwrecks, the Bluespotted ribbontail ray usually hides inside caves or under coral ledges during the day.

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Stony corals off the south western edge of the Gordon Reef. Coral reefs are particularly sensitive to man-made changes to their environment. Of particular concern to the Gordon Reef is the construction of the proposed Saudi-Egypt causeway which would release more sediment and pollutants into the Tiran Straits. The disruption to local fish populations caused by the actual causeway would further stress this fragile ecosystem and potentially lead to irreversible damage.

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The Faith of the Gordon Reef

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited -The Faith of the Gordon Reef

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