Sunset time: 7pm Monitoring start time: 8.45pm Monitoring end time: 9.50pm All species monitored: Acropora palmata and Acropora cervicornis Depth: 3-7 ft Approx. monitoring area: 30x20m Species that spawned: none Time Set: - Time Spawn: - Approx. % of corals monitored that spawned: - Environmental date (i.e., conditions, tide, moon rise time): partly cloudy, calm Notes: -
Sunset time: 7pm Monitoring start time: 9.00 pm Monitoring end time: 10.00 pm All species monitored: A. palmata Depth: 3-7 ft Approx. monitoring area: 30x50m Species that spawned: A. palmata Time Set: 9.10 pm - 9.30 pm Time Spawn: 9.30 - 9.40 pm Approx. % of corals monitored that spawned: 3% Proportion of colony that spawned: <5% Environmental date: calm, little surge, no current, far less plankton in the water than the night before, reef still made sound
Sunset time: 7pm Monitoring start time: 8.40 pm Monitoring end time: 10.30 pm All species monitored: Acropora palmata and Acropora cervicornis Depth: 3-23 ft Approx. monitoring area: 30x20m Species that spawned: A. palmata Time Set: 8.45 pm Time Spawn: 9.10 pm Approx. % of corals monitored that spawned: 20% Proportion of colony that spawned: 1-70% Environmental date: calm, moderate surge. One colony of A. cervicornis was set at 9.25 pm, but wasn't observed spawning. www.secore.org
Sunset time: 7pm Monitoring start time: 8.50 pm Monitoring end time: 10.30 pm All species monitored: Acropora palmata and Acropora cervicornis Depth: 3-23 ft Approx. monitoring area: 30x20m Species that spawned: A. palmata Time Set: 9.00 pm Time Spawn: 9.15 - 10.30 pm Approx. % of corals monitored that spawned: 20% Proportion of colony that spawned: 1-100% Environmental date: light wind, strong surge www.secore.org
Imagen obtenida durante la realización del proyecto de doctorado de Julieta Maldonado , quien trabaja con la ecologÃa del erizo del mar en el Parque Nacional Arrecifes de Xcalak.