Most of these photos were taken on reefs of Akumal (between Cancun and Tulum on the Mayan Riviera). For topside photos of this beautiful part of the world, instead go here. I have also posted these pictures here, but they are of no better quality; this is all we were working with back then (early 2003).
Algae
Scleractinians (reef-building corals)
coral vs algae.jpg
a cervicornis.jpg
A. palmata.jpg
A. tenuifolia.jpg
acroporaandporites.jpg
bleaching.jpg
coral competitors.jpg
coral war.jpg
D. strigosa.jpg
dichocoenia stokesii.jpg
diseased siderastreid.jpg
diseasedmontastrea.jpg
dstrigosa.jpg
greenfingercoral.jpg
huge brain.jpg
lettuce coral.jpg
m. alcicornis.jpg
Madracis mirabilis.jpg
Madracis_dedactisCOZDiCU.jpg
manicina areolata.jpg
millepora complanata.jpg
mmirabilis.jpg
Montastrea annularis.jpg
mussid.jpg
mussid2.jpg
mysterycoral.jpg
p astredoies.jpg
pastredoies.jpg
Sidera_radian1.jpg
tubecoral.jpg
Fish
Non-hard coral invertebrates
Miscellaneous underwater shots (inc. turtles, seagrass, and reefs)
