{"id":5559,"date":"2026-02-09T12:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T12:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/?page_id=5559"},"modified":"2026-02-10T06:48:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T06:48:02","slug":"cc-blowouts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/obssg\/carriacou-seagrass-beds\/cc-blowouts\/","title":{"rendered":"CC Blowouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><small>NAVIGATION<br \/>\nThis page is a sub-page of <a href=\"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/obssg\/\"><strong>ObsSG<\/strong><\/a>, a top-level page on<br \/>\nthe website <a href=\"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/\"><strong>Barbados Fringing Reefs and Seagrass Beds<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n(www.versicolor.ca\/barbados).<br \/>\nGo to <a href=\"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/obssg\/\"><strong>ObsSG<\/strong><\/a> for a list of other subpages in this section<br \/>\nof the website.<\/small><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>A classic blowout at Clean Bay<\/strong> illustrating early successional position of <em>H. stipulacea<\/em>. It is limited here by wave action here, but colonizes on a microscale nearshore (more protected) and further out in in lee of blowouts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MICR0212scarpTry.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5562\" src=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MICR0212scarpTry.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"912\" srcset=\"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MICR0212scarpTry.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MICR0212scarpTry-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MICR0212scarpTry-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MICR0212scarpTry-1024x623.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5583\" style=\"width: 3310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/journal.pone_.0306897.s006-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5583\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5583\" src=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/journal.pone_.0306897.s006-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3300\" height=\"2550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/journal.pone_.0306897.s006-2.jpg 3300w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/journal.pone_.0306897.s006-2-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/journal.pone_.0306897.s006-2-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/journal.pone_.0306897.s006-2-1024x791.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3300px) 100vw, 3300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5583\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article\/file?type=supplementary&amp;id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0306897.s006\">S3 Fig. <\/a><strong>Photographs illustrating blowout and scarps in seagrass beds at Carriacou<\/strong>.<br \/><a id=\"article1.body1.sec5.supplementary-material6.caption1.p1\" class=\"link-target\" name=\"article1.body1.sec5.supplementary-material6.caption1.p1\"><\/a>A. Typical blowout. B. Actively eroding scarp. C. Old scarp, non-eroding; new growth of seagrass on blowout floor and over scarp face.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MICR0859HalophilaEarlySweb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5564\" src=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MICR0859HalophilaEarlySweb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1110\" height=\"1442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MICR0859HalophilaEarlySweb.jpg 1110w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MICR0859HalophilaEarlySweb-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MICR0859HalophilaEarlySweb-768x998.jpg 768w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MICR0859HalophilaEarlySweb-788x1024.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/HalophilaAdvance.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5566\" src=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/HalophilaAdvance.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1022\" height=\"783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/HalophilaAdvance.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/HalophilaAdvance-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/HalophilaAdvance-768x588.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1022px) 100vw, 1022px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P2180189CaulWeb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5568\" src=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P2180189CaulWeb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P2180189CaulWeb.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P2180189CaulWeb-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P2180189CaulWeb-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P2180189CaulWeb-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/scarpMovThalWeb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5570\" src=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/scarpMovThalWeb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1396\" height=\"756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/scarpMovThalWeb.jpg 1396w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/scarpMovThalWeb-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/scarpMovThalWeb-768x416.jpg 768w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/scarpMovThalWeb-1024x555.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1396px) 100vw, 1396px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P2180282lobsterWeb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5572\" src=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P2180282lobsterWeb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P2180282lobsterWeb.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P2180282lobsterWeb-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P2180282lobsterWeb-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/P2180282lobsterWeb-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ScarpPaperWeb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5574\" src=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ScarpPaperWeb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"634\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ScarpPaperWeb.jpg 634w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ScarpPaperWeb-278x300.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5575\" style=\"width: 2794px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/sketch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5575\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5575\" src=\"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/sketch.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2784\" height=\"3576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/sketch.jpg 2784w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/sketch-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/sketch-768x986.jpg 768w, https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/sketch-797x1024.jpg 797w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2784px) 100vw, 2784px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sketch prepared after Feb 14, 2016 field work.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAVIGATION This page is a sub-page of ObsSG, a top-level page on the website Barbados Fringing Reefs and Seagrass Beds (www.versicolor.ca\/barbados). Go to ObsSG for a list of other subpages in this section of the website. A classic blowout at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/obssg\/carriacou-seagrass-beds\/cc-blowouts\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":5545,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5559","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5559","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=5559"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5664,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5559\/revisions\/5664"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}