[Coral-List] Sargasum

[cyrielle.noel at gmail.com]

Hi there,

It is starting to roll in on the east side of Barbados. I did a beach clean up this morning and observed it from the beach. 

Cyrielle Noël
Marine Spatial Planner 

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> On Mar 15, 2019, at 11:02 AM, Hu, Chuanmin via Coral-List <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:
> 
> Has anybody observed coral declines due to Sargassum inundation (light 
> blocking, sinking...) over reef areas since spring 2018? The eastern 
> Caribbean has been under continuous stress since then. My group has been 
> producing monthly bulletins and also near real-time imagery if you are 
> interested:
> https://optics.marine.usf.edu/projects/SaWS.html
> 
> Chuanmin Hu, University of South Florida
> 
>> On 3/13/2019 12:24 PM, MelissaE Keyes via Coral-List wrote:
>> Hello, Listers,
>> FWIW, Sargassum weed has begun piling up on the beaches on both north and south sides of the island of St Croix, in the US Virgin Islands.  Not very deep-- yet
>> Cheers
>> Melissa
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Melissa E. Keyes St. Croix, U.S.Virgin Islands
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