{"id":1609,"date":"2024-02-08T23:09:29","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T23:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/?page_id=1609"},"modified":"2026-02-04T10:51:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T10:51:29","slug":"a-palmata-in-nearshore-mpa-north-of-vauxhall","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/bb-observations\/acroporoids-on-vauxhall-reef\/a-palmata\/a-palmata-in-nearshore-mpa-north-of-vauxhall\/","title":{"rendered":"A. palmata in nearshore MPA north of Vauxhall: SurfSide Breakwaters"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Location of the\u00a0 “SurfSide Breakwaters”<\/strong>. Screencapture from Google maps Dec 14, 2025<\/p><\/div>\n

There are 2 breakwaters near to shore and parallel to shore in the area between Surfside and Discovery Bay, Holetown.<\/p>\n

Click on images for larger versions<\/em>
\nAll specimens below have been posted on iNaturalist.<\/p>\n

Breakwater 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lat 13.188091 Long -59.638449
\nFeb 15, 2023 iNat 198767463<\/a>
\nFeb 7, 2024 iNat 198767195<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Feb7, 2024. Completely dead; attributed to coral bleaching in 2023<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Breakwater 2\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Over the years 2023 ,2024 and 2025 I documented 8 specimens on this breakwater. Some, particularly those on the top of the breakwater, are not readily observed much of the time becausemof being slightly hidden, and\/or because\u00a0 wave action on top of the breakwater and it’s shallowness makes access there difficult. Thus a particular specimenwas observed only in some years – the “surveys” were very informal, e.g. simply snorkelling the outside of the breakwater and photographing any elkhorn coral sighted. On only a couple of dates was I able to examine the top of the breakwater.<\/p>\n

It seems notable that there was very little evidence of bleaching in any of these
\nspecimens, even when\/where they were situated next to bleached or paled specimens of other species (e.g.\u00a0P. strigosa <\/em>or to dead Stinging Coral (M. complanata<\/em>) that was blackened and covered by epiphytes, likely attributable to a warming event in 2023 or 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
No.<\/td>\nObs 2023<\/td>\nObs 2024<\/td>\nObs 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
#00<\/td>\n + <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
#1<\/td>\n<\/td>\n + <\/strong><\/td>\n + <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
#2<\/td>\n + <\/strong><\/td>\n + <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
#3<\/td>\n<\/td>\n + <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
#4<\/td>\n<\/td>\n + <\/strong><\/td>\n + <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
#5<\/td>\n<\/td>\n + <\/strong><\/td>\n + <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
#6<\/td>\n<\/td>\n + <\/strong><\/td>\n + <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
#7<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n + <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Breakwater Two Specimen<\/strong>\u00a000 (zero zero)<\/strong>
\nLat\/Lon: 13.18658, -59.63889
\nMar 3, 2023 iNat 329335295<\/a>
\nInterior of Breakwater, old colony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Interior of Breakwater, old colony<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Breakwater Two Specimen 2<\/strong>
\nLat\/Lon: 13.186918, -59.638722
\nMar 3, 2023 iNat 198799254<\/a>
\nInterior of Breakwater, old colony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Approx Location<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

2024 Pics<\/strong><\/p>\n

Breakwater Two Specimen #1<\/strong>
\nLat: 13.186852Lon: -59.63872
\nFeb 6, 2024 iNat 198798432<\/a><\/p>\n

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Leeward side of “Breakwater Two” One small specimen, healthy
\nAlso observed Feb 5, 2025:https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/329321991<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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One small colony, healthy<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n

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Breakwater Two Specimen #2<\/strong>
\nLat: 13.186918Lon: -59.638722
\nFeb 6, 2024 iNat 198798559<\/a><\/p>\n

Partially dead in 2024, attributable to coral bleaching in 2023 – also observed in 2023 – See this record: https:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/198799254<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nMar 3, 2023<\/td>\n		\"\"<\/a>Feb 6, 2024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Breakwater Two Specimen #3<\/strong>
\nLat: 13.187016Lon: -59.638926
\nFeb 6, 2024
\niNat 198799047<\/a><\/p>\n

Breakwater Two, Specimen 3
\nOn windward side of the Breakwater, on the breakwater itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>Feb 6, 2024<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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The\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n

Breakwater Two Specimen #4<\/strong>
\nLat: 13.187224 Lon: -59.638701
\nApr 8, 2024
\niNat 206229422<\/a><\/p>\n

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Interior of breakwater close its northern end.\u00a0Observed also on Feb 27, 2025:
\nhttps:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/329334812<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Breakwater Two Specimen #5<\/strong>
\nLat: 13.187139 Lon: -59.638731
\nApr 8, 2024
\niNat 206229319<\/a><\/p>\n

Interior of breakwater towards northern end.\u00a0Also observed Feb 27, 2025 i Nat\u00a0329334274<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Breakwater Two Specimen #6<\/strong>
\nLat:13.186656 Lon: -59.638885
\nApr 8, 2024
\niNat 206224836<\/a><\/p>\n

On the interior surface of this breakwater, a totally healthy, large colony. Nearby Millepora complanata<\/em>\u00a0likely had been affected by extreme warming in fall of 2023, but not this A palmata<\/em> specimen. Also observed on Mar 11, 2025, see
\nhttps:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/329324087<\/a><\/p>\n

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2025 Pics\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Refer to records above for locations
\nwhere they are not shown below.<\/p>\n

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On leeward side of breeakwater<\/p><\/div>\n

Breakwater2 Specimen 1<\/strong>
\nFeb 5, 2025
\niNat 329321991<\/a>
\nAlso observed on Feb 6,\u00a0 2024 (above)<\/p>\n

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At Interior of Breakwater.<\/p><\/div>\n

Breakwater2 Specimen 4<\/strong>
\nFeb 27, 2025
\nObserved also on Apr 8, 2024
\niNat 596955594<\/a><\/p>\n

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At interior of breakwater<\/p><\/div>\n

Breakwater2 Specimen 5<\/strong>
\niNat 329334274<\/a>
\nInterior of breakwater
\nAlso observed Apr 8, 2024 (above)<\/p>\n

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Specimen 6 on Mar 11, 2025 2025<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

Breakwater Two\u00a0 Specimen # 6<\/strong> iNat\u00a0329324087<\/a>
\nAlso observed on Apr 8, 2024 (above)<\/p>\n

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

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Breakwater Two Specimen #7<\/strong>
\nLat:13.18642 Lon: 59.63884
\nMar 23, 2025
\niNat 329332940<\/a>
\n(Not noted in 2023 or 2024, but obv. the colony is an older one)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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