Category Archives: Invasive Species

GCRMN issues “Status and Trends of Caribbean Coral Reefs: 1970-2024” 9Dec 2025

Posted on December 9, 2025 by admin

“9th December 2025, Wider Caribbean Region – Coral cover in the Caribbean has declined by 48% since 1980 while macroalgae cover has risen 85% in the same time, according to a major new report by the Global Coral Reef Monitoring … Continue reading →

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Recent AGRRA Webinars examine Coral Bleaching, Invasive Soft Coral, Restoration Efforts, Acropora Heat Mortality 6Jun2024

Posted on June 6, 2024 by David Patriquin

The Atlantic and Gulf Rapid Reef Assessment (AGRRA) website at www.agrra.org offers a large suite of educational materials and regional databases/interactive maps related to coral reefs in the Caribbean. A few of the resources are highlighted below. Cited as New … Continue reading →

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Keep an eye out in Barbados for invasive “stoloniferous fire coral” 23Feb2024

Posted on February 23, 2024 by David Patriquin

As if Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease which took off in Barbados in 2023, followed by widespread coral bleaching associated with extreme warming  weren’t enough to challenge our reefs, now marine biologists in the Caribbean are on the lookout for … Continue reading →

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