Destination Reefs: Cordelia Banks [video]

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With 52 Hectares of dense stoney coral growth, Cordelia Banks at Roatan Island is home to the largest patch of Acropora cervicornis on the Meso-American Reef.  While the biodiversity here is dwarfed by the Philippines, the density of reef building corals and fish is impressive and provides us a benchmark for what Atlantic coral reefs can look like.

Video by underwater videographer Jon Slayer.

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