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Sargassum outlook Jan 1, 2024 – Apr 1, 2024: “mild to moderate ” 5Jan2024
See also Coral Bleaching page, re: high water temperatures/ coral bleaching summer-fall 2023 ————— Extracts from the latest Sargassum Sub-regional Outlook Bulletin: “Synopsis: Sargassum abundance in the Central Atlantic is increasing and approaching the Caribbean region.” “General outlook: Interests in the Eastern … Continue reading
Causative agent for die-off of long-spined sea urchin in 2022 identified 2May2023
The long-spined sea urchin (Diadema antillarum) is an important herbivore on Caribbean reefs. In 2022, there was a mass die-off of this sea urchin all over the Caribbean, echoing a similar die-off in the early 1980s. A paper reporting on … Continue reading
Sargassum blooms are here for the foreseeable future 15Mar2023
UPDATE May 3, 2023 Strange sighting among sargassum seaweed YouTube Video uploaded May 2, 2023. by Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation ——- ORIGINAL POST “A blob twice the width of the US is heading towards Florida’s coast” So reads the title of … Continue reading
Presumptive Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease on Vauxhall Reef & Environs (Barbados) 25Jan2023
UPDATE Feb 16, 2023: SCTLD or White Plague Disease? – we don’t yet know. Based on some discussion I had recently with an authority on this disease, it’s not clear right now whether SCTLD is present in Barbados or whether what … Continue reading
Disturbing news about cruise ships’ damage to coral reefs 23May2021
From Barbados Today, for May 21, 2021
“CORALL GETS GREEN LIGHT TO BUILD MARINE NURSERY” 16Jun2020
BARBADOS TODAY: CORALL GETS GREEN LIGHT TO BUILD MARINE NURSERY VIDEO FROM CORALL ON FACEBOOK
Spectacular A. prolifera in Belize 16Apr2020
Photo and more to be viewed on Fragments of Hope, Belize From About for Fragments of Hope, Belize Mission To re-seed devastated reefs with genetically robust, diverse and resilient corals that will mature to spawning age/size, and at the same … Continue reading