Spawning Curacao
Jeremy Woodley
woodley at uwimona.edu.jm
Fri Sep 13 14:55:17 EDT 1996
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
>
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