[Coral-List] Acropora cervicornis Belize

Belize Marine TREC trec at hotmail.com
Mon Sep 13 11:02:33 EDT 2010


Large stands (15 meters across and more) of Acropora cervicornis have been growing
well in Coral Gardens off Ambergris Caye, Belize for several years.
 
Dr. Ken Mattes
TREC Director
BelizemarineTREC.com 
 
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> 1. Re: Recovering Acropora cervicornis populations inthe
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> From: "EWeil" <eweil at caribe.net>
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Recovering Acropora cervicornis populations
> inthe Caribbean
> To: szmanta at uncw.edu, brittanyhuntington at gmail.com,
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> There were several populations of healthy and really thick branches in Curacao and Bonaire. Some of these were affected by a storm 
> in 2008 I think which produced significant fragmentation and mortality. The population in Caracas Bay, Curacao, was recovering 
> well in the summer of 2009. Here in Puerto Rico there a small patches all over the place. However, they are impacted by predation, 
> algae overgrowth and the occasional white band outbreak.
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> EW 
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> Dr. Ernesto Weil
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> >------- Original Message -------
> >From : Szmant, Alina[mailto:szmanta at uncw.edu]
> >Sent : 9/10/2010 12:45:09 PM
> >To : brittanyhuntington at gmail.com; coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
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> >Subject : RE: Re: [Coral-List] Recovering Acropora cervicornis populations inthe Caribbean
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> >There are extensive thickets on the south side of Roatan (Smith's Bank) that have apparently never been affected by anything 
> major giving the size/thickness of the branches and extensiveness of the buildup (ridges >2 m high)
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Curious to know if anyone is aware of populations of *Acropora cervicornis
> *populations recovering naturally (i.e. without restoration help) on reefs
> in the Caribbean in recent years. AGGRA database is only current to 2004,
> so if you know of a local population that is achieving decent cover of
> staghorn coral since 2004, please let me know.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Brittany
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