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Location
23
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Carmen.
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The
Island of Cozumel is located on the northeast coast
of the Peninsula of Yucatan, in the state of Quintana Roo,
approximately 23 km. from the tourist destination of Playa
del Carmen. The main reef formations of Cozumel are
developed in the southwest of their insular platform, and
are part of the second largest system of coralline reefs in
the world, that begins in the northeast end of the Peninsula
of Yucatan and finishes in the Gulf of Honduras.
Among the main biological components of these reefs, included
around 45 species of corals that are forming the reefs, as
well as a great variety of aquatic flora and fauna like; algae,
annelids, anemones, sponges, mollusks, crustaceans, fish and
soft corals. The algae, particularly the calcareous ones and
the zooxantelas that live in symbiosis with the corals, play
a very important role as primary producers in the energy flow
of those ecosystems.
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