1.7 Naturalness
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1.7 Naturalness

  1.7.1 Because of their geographical isolation and long history of protection, the reefs of the NWHI are among the healthiest and most undisturbed coral reefs on the planet. Their naturalness is perhaps best evidenced by the relatively high diversity and productivity in the NWHI as compared with the reefs of the main Hawaiian Islands, which have experienced much greater impacts from humans, and by the fact that the NWHI is one of the worlds last remaining large-scale apex predator-dominated reef ecosystems.

Parent topic: 1 Ecological Criteria
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