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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
Stony coral tissue loss disease heading towards Antilles 9Jul2019
Stony coral tissue loss disease, first reported in Florida in 2014, is moving quickly according to a report in Science News and has reached the US Virgin Islands; view: A mysterious coral disease is ravaging Caribbean reef BY CASSIE MARTIN … Continue reading
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