The U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity

The CBD Clearing-House Mechanism

The Bahamas CBD Country Reports

National Biodiversity Policies & Legislation

Bahamas Species

National Parks and Protected Areas

Biodiversity Data Management Partners

Inter-American Biodiversity Information Network

The Bahamas Environment, Science & Technology Commission

Bahamas Ecosystems

Blue Holes

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Ocean blue holes provide habitats for many marine animals, including commercially important fish. Inland blue holes comprise photo-synthesising cyanobacteria (often called blue-green algae) around the edges, and several different bacterial species at specific depths and levels of salinity. They are also home to several unusual species of fish. The inland blue hole ecosystem is easily disrupted.