Spawning Curacao

[Jeremy Woodley]

A quick question: did you check for spawning at the Last Quarter in early  
August?  In Jamaica, we though that would be too early this year: as they  
did at the Flower Gardens, but were then surprised by the amount of spawning. 

Jeremy Woodley 

On Thu, 12 Sep 1996, EcoSense wrote: 

> Hello Coral Spawning Fans, 
>  
> Coral Spawning observations from Curacao, Netherlands Antilles 1996 
>  
> Reefs on Curacao were monitored on with Reef Care Volunteers: 
> August 30 through September 2 from 21.00 - 22.15 pm 
> August 31 & September 1 from 16.00 - 17.00 pm 
> September 3 through September 5 from 19.30 - 23.00 pm 
>  
> Spawning observations: 
> Date         Location	Species		Time		#		% 
> 31 Aug     Seaquarium	Gorgonia ventalina?	21.30-22.15	10		25% 
> 04 Sept     Slangenbaai	Montastrea  annularis  
>                                       Columnar	                   21.20		1		<5% 
>                                       Massive	                   22.12-22.20	2		<5% 
>                                       Montastrea cavernosa	21.45-22.05	3 (2male; 1 female)	5% 
> 05 Sept     Slangenbaai  Ruby Brittlestar	21.20-21.17	3 (2 male; 1 female) 
>                                       Montastrea cavernosa	21.50		1 (male)		<5% 
>  
> This is the 6th consecutive year we are monitoring the spawning on 
> Curacao. Never before we saw so little spawning in either one of the 
> months of this `split-spawning-event'. May be a consequence of last 
> years bleaching! A major spawning is expected from 2 to 4 October.   
>  
> Observations from Aruba, Bonaire and Saba are pending. 
>  
> Manfred van Veghel 
> EcoSense <ecosense at cura.net> 
> Dr. Manfred L.J. van Veghel 
> PO Box 3187 
> Curacao, Netherlands Antilles 
> Phone and Fax: +599 9 613196 
>