Snorkeling in Grand Cayman, Cruise Ship Excursions, Private Snorkeling Guide Photographer Website Created in 1996
Reef Identification:
Grand Cayman Reefs
Marine Awareness Marine Biology.
Dives in any environment can be enjoyed if one is aware of how the distribution
and types of marine life are placed by controlling elements. The water
column can be divided into zones of habitat by the depth of sunlight penetration
like the colors of the rainbow.
The Sunlight transforms nutrients into
food sources via algae and plants.
This aquatic foliage has to have
selective colors of sunlight to survive and is distributed in the water
column by the depth of penetration through sediment and floating plankton
at the surface.
Next is the area of camouflage used, either those animals either
buried in the sand or mud, tunnels in rocks and crevices, or in between
the leafs of plants and algae. On your next trip try to find a Feather
Duster, a Red Banded Shrimp, a Basketstar Starfish, a Goby, a Tunicate
and a Sharpnose Pufferfish.