{"id":5895,"date":"2026-02-13T13:41:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T13:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/?page_id=5895"},"modified":"2026-03-11T22:37:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T22:37:38","slug":"bath-1970","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/versicolor.ca\/barbados\/obs-iii-bath\/historical-imagery\/bath-1970\/","title":{"rendered":"Bath 1968-1970"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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

Subpages\u00a0 of Historical Imagery<\/strong>
\n– Bath 1968-70<\/strong><\/a> (This Page)
\n–\u00a0Bath 1994<\/strong><\/a>
\n– Bath 2005<\/strong><\/a>
\n– Bath 2011-i<\/a>
\n– <\/strong>Bath 2011-ii<\/strong><\/a>
\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><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The underwater photos were taken with a film camera (Nikonos) in 1968 and 1969; later scanned. More to come.<\/p>\n

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T. testudinum stand overgrown by Avrainvillea rawsonii<\/em> and Avrainvillea nigricans<\/em>. The flabellate alga (A. nigricans<\/em>) is approx 15 cm height.<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Erosional scarp in predominantly sand substrate area. Long unbranched erect shoots of T. testudinum<\/em> are approximately 25 em length.<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Syringodium filiforme<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Erosional Scarp in pure\u00a0S. filiforme<\/em>\u00a0stand<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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T. testudinum, A. rawsonii on Cobble Framework substrate. Sea Urchins (Tripneustes esculentus<\/em>)<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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In mixed Thalassia<\/em>\/Syringodium\/Avrainvillea<\/em> spp stand, April 1970<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Collection of Rhodoliths. The blackened rhodolith was likely buried in the root zone of T. testudinum whihc is typically highly reducing; local input of sediment of\u00a0 terrigenous origin provides the iron to produce black iron sulfide. (Such blackening doesn’t occur in purely calcifierous sediments in Barbados\u00a0 (see\u00a0Patriquin 1972<\/a> p 40; Patriquin & Knowles, 1975<\/a> pp. 58-60)<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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