Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Phoenix Islands Protected Area' has mentioned 'Reef' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
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| Phoenix Islands Protected AreaPIPA represents one of Earthxe2x80x99s last intact oceanic coral archipelago ecosystems with reefs being what a reef might have looked like one thousand years ago.Phoenix Islands Protected Area boundary outlinedLocationPhoenix IslandsArea408,250 km2EstablishedJanuary 2008Governingxc2xa0bodyRepublic of Kiribatiwww.phoenixislands.org/index.php UNESCO World Heritage SiteTypeNaturalCriteriavii, ixDesignated2010 (34th session)Referencexc2xa0no.1325State PartyKiribatiRegionAsia-Pacific | WIKI |
| The area contains seven main habitats: island, lagoon, coral reef, deep reef, sea mount, deep benthos, and open ocean, which are all represented within the protected zone. | WIKI |
| )[10] in the Phoenix Islands (Orona (Hull), Nikumaroro (Gardner), and Kanton (Aba-Riringa)), five low reef islands surrounded by coral reefs (Manra (Sydney), Rawaki (Phoenix), McKean and Enderbury) identify that, at the time of these surveys, the reefs were in an excellent state of health, and free from the bleaching that has plagued reefs in other parts of the Pacific with no evidence of any coral diseases. | WIKI |
| The dominance of coral and coralline algae indicates healthy reef ecosystems dominated by calcifying organisms and active reef framework growth. | WIKI |
| [10] Coral species diversity is higher on the larger islands of Nikumaroro, Kanton and Orona, which indicates the importance of the larger area of reef on these islands for support of biodiversity. | WIKI |
| [12][13] Monitoring from 2000 to 2015 recorded the black reef originating at the 1929 wreck of the SS Norwich City on Nikumaroro progressing northward to sites 1 kilometre (0.6xc2xa0mi) away. | WIKI |
| The collection of atolls and reef islands represent coral reef capping on 8 other volcanic mountains that approach the surface. | UNESCO |
| This property is of crucial scientific importance in identifying and monitoring the processes of sea level change, growth rates and age of reefs and reef builders, (both geologically and historically) and in evaluating effects from climate change. | UNESCO |