Coral Spawning

[Bernardo Vargas-Angel]

Subject: Coral spawning event

Date: 	6 August 2001

Location: Acropora cervicornis thickets off Ft. Lauderdale, FL,
depth 3.3
meters

Sea conditions: Winds E - NE 10-12 knots, seas with moderate
chop, 2-4 ft.;
southerly current, 0.75 kts, estimated. Thick layer of brackish
inshore
water delivered by inlets due to recent heavy rain events.

Report: Colonies of Acropora cervicornis released egg-sperm
bundles around
22:15h-22:30h.


Bernardo Vargas-Angel


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Bernardo Vargas-Angel
Research Scientist
National Coral Reef Institute
NSU Oceanographic Center
8000 N. Ocean Drive 
Dania Beach, FL 33004
Phone: (954) 262-3677 
Fax: (954) 262-4027
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