{"id":1561,"date":"2024-02-08T18:01:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T18:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/?page_id=1561"},"modified":"2026-02-04T10:49:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T10:49:29","slug":"acropora-palmata","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/bb-observations\/acroporoids-on-vauxhall-reef\/a-palmata\/acropora-palmata\/","title":{"rendered":"Acropora palmata On Vauxhall Reef (Reef 34)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThis page is a sub-page of ObsI<\/a> \/\u00a0The Acroporoids<\/a> \/ A. palmata<\/a> \/ (This Page)
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For 3 specimens – V1, V2 and V5 – I have photos in both 2023 and early 2024<\/strong>; V1 exhibited about 75% dieback in the interval, V2 and V5, 100%. Dieback is attributed to one or more extreme warming\/coral bleaching events in 2023.<\/p>\n

For 6 specimens NOT observed in both\u00a0 2023 and 2024:<\/strong><\/p>\n

V3:\u00a0 Feb 6, 2020 – toppled and turned over; all still living<\/em>
\nV4:\u00a0 Mar 3, 2019,\u00a0 all living<\/em>
\nV6:\u00a0 Mar 7, 2019, all living<\/em>
\nV7:\u00a0 Mar 23, 2015, all living<\/em>
\nV8:\u00a0 Mar 10, 2024, appears unaffected by coral bleaching in 2023<\/em>
\nV9:\u00a0 Apr 6, 2024, entirely dead<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Specimen V1<\/b><\/span>
\nLat: 13.179726 Lon: -59.640668
\nMar 23, 2015;\u00a0on iNat in 2015:\/19973670<\/a>
\nJan 11, 2023:\u00a0iNat Observation\u00a0199689188<\/a>
\nFeb 4, 2024\u00a0 \u00a0iNat Observation\u00a0199690758<\/a><\/p>\n

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. At left: Estimated Maximum Linear Dimension: 14 cm<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Specimen V2<\/b><\/span>
\nLat: 13.179726 Lon: -59.640668
\nJan 11, 2023 iNat Observation\u00a0199689414<\/a>
\nFeb 4, 2024 iNat Observation\u00a0199691175<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Feb 4, 2024 apparent 100% mortality, attributed to coral bleaching in 2023<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Photo on Jan 11, 2023 showing proximity of specimens V1 and V2<\/strong>.\u00a0 Specimen v1 in foreground, arrow points to Specimen V2, a few\u00a0 meters towards shore from V1; V2 about 1\/4 size of V1.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Specimen V3<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lat: 13.179479 Lon: -59.64055
\nFeb 6, 2020
\niNat 38391855<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Specimen V4<\/strong>
\nLat: 13.179479 Lon: -59.64055
\nMar 3, 2019
\niNat 21068780<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Specimen V5<\/strong>
\nLat: 13.179182 Lon: -59.640723
\nMar 7, 2019
\niNat 21024761<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Feb 16, 2024<\/strong>. The colony is entirely dead View iNaturalist Record 199606743<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Specimen V6<\/strong>
\nLat: 13.179182Lon: -59.640723
\nMar 7, 2019
\niNat 1024597<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Specimen V7<\/strong>
\nLat: 13.179157Lon: -59.640704
\nMar 23, 2015
\nhttps:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/19973671<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Specimen V8<\/strong>
\nMar 10, 2024, appears unaffected by coral bleaching in 2023
\nhttps:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/202039954<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Specimen V9<\/strong>
\nApr 6, 2024
\nLat: 13.179043\u00a0 Lon: -59.640476. 10 m
\nhttps:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/207058996<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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100% mortality<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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