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.
Artificial reefs and reef restoration. What is a reef? For review, a reef is a bar of sand, rock, coral, or similar material lying below the surface of a body of water. Most people immediately think coral reef when they hear the word reef, but there are many other types of reef. The below images show an oyster reef and a coral reef.