Collier County, FL. Marco Island Beaches. South Marco Beach Access is a 67 parking space lot with rest room access. The parking lot is located on Swallow Avenue and is a short walk across South Collier Boulevard to a one-acre beach access. The walk is lined with sabal palm and is surrounded by plush hotels on Marco Island. Discover this get away!
A fringing reef is one of the three main types of coral reefs recognized by most coral reef scientists. It is distinguished from the other two main types (barrier reefs and atolls) in that it has either an entirely shallow backreef zone (lagoon) or none at all.
While some sources still maintain that there are only three, Thomas and Goudie list four principal large-scale coral reef types â the fringing reef, barrier reef, atoll and table reef â while Spalding et al. list five main types â the fringing reef, barrier reef, atoll, bank or platform reef and patch reef.