[Coral-List] Underwater sculptures

[Steve Gittings]

Very cool (in my opinion), until a storm swings through.  Then they'll be
looked at a bit differently.

On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Bárbara Neves <mouraneves at yahoo.com.br>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Just following the discussion on artificial structures in the ocean, have
> you heard about underwater sculptures, more precisely the Museo Subaquatico
> de arte in Isla Mujeres and Punta Nizuc (close to Cancun, Mexico)? More
> than 450 permanent life-size sculptures were already sank. Many of the
> sculptures are already colonized by sponges and corals (including large
> gorgonians). You should take a look at this. Here are the links:
>
> http://www.underwatersculpture.com/index.asp
>
> http://www.musacancun.com/conservacion.html
>
> These are really artificial reefs....What do you think?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bárbara de Moura Neves, MSc.Graduate student
> Department of Biology
> Memorial University of Newfoundland
> St. John's, NL, Canada A1B 3X9
>
>
> --- Em qui, 28/6/12, Eugene Shinn <eshinn at marine.usf.edu> escreveu:
>
> De: Eugene Shinn <eshinn at marine.usf.edu>
> Assunto: [Coral-List] ECOBIOBALL
> Para: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> Data: Quinta-feira, 28 de Junho de 2012, 16:07
>
> Be careful what you wish for..Next it might be boats!  We do put a of
> of them in the ocean. Do they really belong there? They do a lot of
> polluting and break a lot of coral. Gene
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