Spawning Curacao - Aruba 1996

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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