creole wrasse, coral reef mass spawnings
Julie Ekstrom
jekstrom at coral.org
Wed May 30 20:17:26 EDT 2001
>Hi Coral list,
>I have two questions:
>
>1. Does anyone know why the Creole wrasse (Clepticus parrae) school
>over the reefs at dusk in Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean? I haven't been
>able to find the reason for this behavior (feeding I assume but if
>that is the case then why don't all wrasses do this everywhere?)
>and, as far as I know, it does not happen everywhere in the
>Caribbean.
>
>2. I am looking for specific mass spawning dates for coral reefs
>around the world. I would like to know whether synchronized coral
>spawning occurs in the following places and if so, when it occurs:
> Great Barrier Reef
> Caribbean
> Indian Ocean
> Red Sea
> Southeast Asia/Indonesia
> Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia
> Hawaii
> Cocos Island
>
>I would really appreciate any help or guidance in finding my answers.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Julie
>
>
>
>
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