A. palmata in nearshore MPA north of Vauxhall: Breakwaters

‘workin on it

Breakwater One
Lat 13.188091 Long -59.638449
Feb 15, 2023 iNat 198767463
Feb 7, 2024 iNat 198767195

Mar 21, 2023

Feb7, 2024. Completely dead; attributed to coral bleaching in 2023

Locations of Breakwater One and Breakwater Two, just north of Surfside


Breakwater Two Specimen 00 (zero zero)
Lat/Lon: 13.18658, -59.63889
Mar 3, 2023 iNat 329335295
Interior of Breakwater, old colony.

Interior of Breakwater, old colony


 

Breakwater Two Specimen #1
Lat: 13.186852Lon: -59.63872
Feb 6, 2024 iNat 198798432

Leeward side of “Breakwater Two” One small specimen, healthy
Also observed Feb 5, 2025:https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/329321991

One small colony, healthy

Breakwater Two Specimen #2
Lat: 13.186918Lon: -59.638722
Feb 6, 2024 iNat 198798559

Partially dead in 2024, attributable to coral bleaching in 2023 – also observed in 2023 – See this record: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/198799254


Mar 3, 2023
Feb 6, 2024

Breakwater Two Specimen #3
Lat: 13.187016Lon: -59.638926
Feb 6, 2024
iNat 198799047

Breakwater Two, Specimen 3
On windward side of the Breakwater, on the breakwater itself.

Feb 6, 2024

The  following specimens (4,5,6) were observed on Apr 8, 2024. They lie on the interior of the breakwater and were not readily visible or the area visitable on Feb 6, 2024.

Breakwater Two Specimen #4
Lat: 13.187224 Lon: -59.638701
Apr 8, 2024
iNat 206229422

Interior of breakwater close its northern end. Observed also on Feb 27, 2025:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/329334812


Breakwater Two Specimen #5
Lat: 13.187139 Lon: -59.638731
Apr 8, 2024
iNat 206229319

Interior of breakwater towards northern end. Also observed Feb 27, 2025 i Nat 329334274


Breakwater Two Specimen #6
Lat:13.186656 Lon: -59.638885
Apr 8, 2024
iNat 206224836

On the interior surface of this breakwater, a totally healthy, large colony. Nearby Millepora complanata likely had been affected by extreme warming in fall of 2023, but not this A palmata specimen. Also observed on Mar 11, 2025, see
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/329324087

2024 pics

2025 pic:

Specimen 6 in 2025

“This specimen appears to have been beat up physically – prob Hurricane Beryl impact June30/Jul1 2024 – but not bleached at all compared to 2024.”


Breakwater Two Specimen #7
Lat:13.18642 Lon: 59.63884
Mar 23, 2025
iNat 329332940
(Not noted in 2023 or 2024, but obv. the colony is an older one)