Gorango Reef
Gorango Reef是一条长长的水下脊，与Weda Bay的北部海岸线平行。珊瑚礁按照山脊和倾斜的尖刺的轮廓分为三个潜水地点。潜水地点是大猩猩Obesar，mini和Kecil，或大型，迷你和小。
Gorango Mini is in the center of the two sites with the largest pinnacle, Gorango Obesar, on the eastern end of the ridge. The top of the Obesar ridge breaks the surface of the water and is the only point which does so on the ridge.
As you swim along the contour to the west, the reef top slopes between 3m and 6m deep. On either end of the narrow ridge there are coral covered slopes and at times steep walls. On either side, the ridge descends to 30+m before you start having more sand and boulders.
Gorango Mini
The first ridge we visited was Gorango Mini. We found this dive to be chock full of fish, with some huge walls covered in plating corals. The species which really dominated wasMontipora，不仅在Gorango Mini上，而且在Montipora在整个山脊上到处都是。
Montipora
AfterAcroporacorals,Montiporais the most abundant genus of corals with around 85 known species worldwide. It has similar characteristics toAcropora在那很小的息肉和相对较快的增长，这是因为Montipora和Acroporaare closely related both being in theAcroporidaefamily.
通常Acroporidaefamily is dominant in almost every reef habitat in terms of numbers and variety of species. Corals from the familyAcroporidaeall like reefs with good light and water circulation.
通常Acroporacorals colonize the upper reaches of the reefs withMontiporaextending further down reef slopes.Acropora和Montipora共同考虑了三分之一的珊瑚礁珊瑚种类。
Montiporacorals can be recognized by looking at the small corallites which are embedded in the surface of the coral. These corallites are usually between ridges, and lack any distinct corallite walls.
Montipora珊瑚可以具有各种菌落形状，包括可以是平坦的薄板，花瓶形形成层或层。它们也可以是包裹层，巨石形的菌落或分支，您甚至可以拥有镀层，包裹和分支的组合。识别属Montipora关键是寻找嵌入珊瑚中的小珊瑚岩。
Gorango Kecil
The second ridge we visited was Gorango Kecil. This ridge comes even closer to the surface with soft corals and tableAcropora从2m深的大约开始。潜水开始时，我们介绍了我见过的最大的桶海绵之一。它至少高3m，宽2m。但是再次Montipora珊瑚确实偷走了表演。
We found many bright green and yellow colored platingMontipora这是相当上镜的。我将不得不承认，我还没有掌握物种的识别Montipora, it is definetly on my list of things to do… but that list keeps growing!!
I think what’s more important is just being able to recognize the genus of each coral, even if you can just take a second to admire the corals without knowing their name, then you can start to recognize the different growth forms this is already a step in the right direction for appreciating coral diversity.
Gorango Obesar has a similar layout to the first two sites, but this is the only reef where corals break the surface of the water making it the shallowest of the three. During this dive we had our macro lens which doesn’t give much of an overview for the site. There were moreAcroporacorals on the top of the ridge and againMontiporaalong the edge.
下周，我们将在Weda中再覆盖有两个类似浅脊的礁石的礁Acropora打破水的表面，这样您就可以更好地了解这是什么样子！
非常感谢韦达礁与雨林度假胜地为了向我们展示Halmahera！
