{"id":3882,"date":"2025-03-15T22:09:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T22:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/?page_id=3882"},"modified":"2026-03-06T16:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T16:35:09","slug":"historical-imagery","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/obs-iii-bath\/historical-imagery\/","title":{"rendered":"Historical Imagery"},"content":{"rendered":"

NAVIGATION
\nThis page is a sub-page Historical Imagery<\/strong><\/a>, that in turn<\/small>
\n a subpage of ObsBath<\/strong><\/a>, a top-level page on
\nthe website Barbados Fringing Reefs and Seagrass Beds\u00a0<\/a>(www.versicolor.ca\/barbados).
\nGo to ObsBath<\/a> for a list of other subpages in this section
\nof the website.<\/small><\/p>\n

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Subpages\u00a0 of Historical Imagery:<\/strong><\/p>\n

PHOTOS & VIDEOS IN BATH SEAGRASS BEDS 1968 – 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– Bath 1968-70<\/strong><\/a>
\n–\u00a0Bath 1994<\/strong><\/a>
\n– Bath 2005<\/strong><\/a>
\n– Bath 2011-i<\/a>
\n– <\/strong>Bath 2011-ii<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n		– Bath 2015-i<\/strong><\/a>
\n– Bath 2015-ii<\/strong><\/a>
\n– Bath 2015-iii<\/strong><\/a>
\n– Bath 2017<\/strong><\/a>
\n– Bath 2024\/5<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

On this page:<\/strong><\/p>\n

AERIAL IMAGES AND MAPS OF SEAGRASS BEDS AT BATH<\/p>\n

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Img 1. Aerial View of Bath area in 1968<\/strong>. I hired a small aircraft to view seagrass beds from the air. Dark areas are seagrass beds; refer to map below.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Img 2. Extract from 1964 aerial photo<\/strong> (HuntingSurveys Ltd.) showing Bath area, large sweeps of seagrass beds (sg). This image was used to prepare a base map of the area<\/p><\/div>\n

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Map 1. Generalized bathmetry and distribution of seagrasses at Bath in 1968,<\/strong> From Patriquin 1971<\/a>, 1975<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Map 2. Distribution of substrate types in seagrass beds at Bath in 1968<\/strong>.<\/p><\/div>\n

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img 3. 2005 Google Earth Image<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Img 4. 2005 Google Earth image with labels inserted<\/strong>. “r”: 3 rocks, can be seen in Maps above (Img 3 and Img 4);\u00a0 f: leading edge of seagrass bed, can be seen in Map 2; L: lagoon within “The Platform”; sg1: seagrass patch just leeward of Platform; sg2 distinct seagrass area, not present in 2015, 2022 Google Earth images.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Img 5. 2015\u00a0Google Earth Image<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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Img 6. 2022\u00a0Google Earth Image<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NAVIGATION This page is a sub-page Historical Imagery, that in turn a subpage of ObsBath, a top-level page on the website Barbados Fringing Reefs and Seagrass Beds\u00a0(www.versicolor.ca\/barbados). Go to ObsBath for a list of other subpages in this section of … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3179,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3882","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3882"}],"version-history":[{"count":55,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7721,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3882\/revisions\/7721"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}