Spawning Curacao - Aruba 1996
EcoSense
ecosense at cura.net
Thu Nov 7 21:16:39 EST 1996
Dear spawning fans,
More spawning data from Curacao and Aruba:
New spawning observations from last week:
Curacao: Neofibularia nolitangere October 30 & 31; Pseudoceratina crassa? November 7 (see information below)
Bonaire: Montastrea annularis November 1 (3 individuals no further details available at this moment)
New spawning observations from October: see overview of 1996 data below
Species*Date(Month/day)**Time (h)***Location****n***** %
(Month/day)
Echinodermata
Ophioderma rubicundum (male)
*09/05**21.20-21.24***1****2
Ophioderma rubicundum (female)
*09/05**21.27***1****1
Gorgonia
?
*10/02**22.15***1****1
*10/03**22.35***1****1
Gorgonia ventalina?
*08/31**21.30-22.15***3****10*****~25%
Polychaeta
Unidentified species
*10/03**21.15***1****>>100
*09/28**19.15-19.45***1****>>100
Scleractinia
Eusmilia fastifiata
*10/02**22.35***1****1
*10/03**22.25***1****1
*10/04**21.30-22.43***1****4
Montastrea annularis
*10/02**21.25-22.08***1****3*****<10%
*09/04**21.20-22.20***1****6*****<5%
*09/04**22.30-22.45***9****1
*10/02**21.40-22.40***1****11
*10/03**21.00-22.30***1****15
*10/04**22.00-22.30***1****6
- massive
*09/04**21.20***1****1*****<5%
*10/02**21.35-22.22***1****16*****~20%
- columnar
*09/04**21.12-22.20***1****2*****<5%
Montastrea cavernosa (male)
*09/04**21.10-22.12***1****5***** <5%
*09/04**21.45-22.05***1****4
*09/05**21.50-22.46***1****2***** <5%
*09/28**19.30***1****1
*10/02**21.45-22.00***1****4
Montastrea cavernosa (female)
*09/04**21.45-22.05***1****1*****<5%
*10/04**22.05***1****1
Spongia
Aplisina vulva
*03/03**16.00***5****3*****<30%
Neofibularia nolitangere (male)
*10/30**16.00-17.00***7****>10*****>50%
*10/31**16.05-17.35***2****10 *****~50%
Neofibularia nolitangere (female)
*10/31**16.05-17.35***2****2
Pseudoceratina crassa?
*07/21**14.28***6****1
*11/07**16.00-16.20***8****2 female ;5 male
Diplastrella sp. ?
*07/21**14.00***4****1
-Locations on Curacao (and Aruba)
1=Slangenbaai; 2=CARMABI-Buoy 0; 3=Seaquarium Reef ; 4=Lagun ; 5=Vaersenbaai;6=Porto Mari ; 7= Boca Sami;
8= Westpunt; 9 = Rocky Beach (Aruba)
-Full moon dates in 1996:01/05 - 02/04 - 03/05 - 04/03 -05/03 - 06/01- 06/30 - 07/30 - 08/28 - 09/26 - 10/25 - 11/25 -
12/12.
-Tidal data is collected by `Curacao Havendienst'; analyzed data for 1996 is not available, for more information on
spawning and tidal relationship on Curacao see Van Veghel 1994, Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 109:209-219
-The major part of the data was collected during the 6th Annual Reef Care Coral Spawning Event and by students and
colleagues on Curacao.
For more information feel free to contact me at the address below!
Best regards,
Manfred.
EcoSense <ecosense at cura.net>
Dr. Manfred L.J. van Veghel
PO Box 3187
Curacao, Netherlands Antilles
Phone and Fax: +599 9 613196
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