Monthly Archives: February 2019
Good News 1Feb2019: Staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis in Reef Front of Vauxhall Reef, Barbados 1Feb2019
In March of 2015 I observed Acropora cervicornis in a small area on the Reef Front of the Vauxhall Reef. According to a report by R. MacLean and H.A. Oxenford on surveys of Acroporoids on the west coast of Barbados … Continue reading
Good News 1Feb2019: Clusters of Diadema on reef front, Barbados 1Feb2019
Yesterday, I snorkelled the reef front area off of Holetown. As well as funding some quite healthy coral communities at about 15-20 ft depth, I found clusters of the black sea urchin Diadema antillarum at one spot. The GPS on … Continue reading
Concerning News : Padina sanctae-crucis disappears from Vauxhall Reef, Barbados 1Feb2019
UPDATE July 1, 2023: In the Vauxhall Reef area this past winter I observed healthy Padina, but not on the reef flat where it had once been abundant, rather it was on rocks near shore in the beach area. ———– … Continue reading
Good News: Fused Staghorn Coral doing well on Vauxhall Reef, Barbados 1Feb2019
The first place I head for when I return to Barbados is a little section of the Vauxhall Reef where in 2015, I found some colonies of Acropora prolifera, the Fused Staghorn Coral I always wonder” Are they still there? … Continue reading