tropical eastern pacific
Open Ocean

 The extreme eastern edge of the tropical pacific open ocean along the western coast of Central and northern South America has a range of endemic species and abundance due to it's drop offs...

The Pacific coasts of Central America is one of the few places left where Olive Ridley Turtles nest in their massive arribados colonies. Thus if the timing is right you may come across waves of these 'tired' turtles floating in the sea. They are the second smallest of the marine turtles and if you can make out the scutes on their faded shells, this species is unique in having at least six of these thin costal scales (as in image below).

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Places to experience the east Pacific tropical open oceans..

Other related habitats

In some areas of tropical ocean are the beautiful and diverse Indo-Pacific coral reefs. Alongside this warm ocean are the Indo-Pacific tropical seashores. And different regions have their own distinctive intertidal forest habitats, such as the Neotropical mangroves.

For more on the ecology and wildlife of tropical oceans:
Ecosystem Guides Book: Tropical Open Ocean
 available on Amazon.com here
(or Australian Amazon here)

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