By Steven Springer on Tuesday, July 13, 1999 - 11:08 am: |
Would like to find out what dates that coral spawns in Bonaire. Anyone know?
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By michael gaynor on Tuesday, July 13, 1999 - 1:59 pm: |
contact jcligon@bonairelive.com. He generally knows about the spawning cycle..
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By Linda Richter on Wednesday, July 21, 1999 - 11:49 am: |
The coral spawning depends on the full moon. August 27th and Spetember 25th are the full moons this year to watch for. After the August full moon is the heavier spawning time. Spawning happens a couple of days to about 7-8 days after the full moon depending on the water temperature and the species of coral. The elkhorn spawns sooner and the star corals spawn later. Spawning is in the evening. Elkhorn is tough to watch for since it likes shallow, surge type areas. Divers will take a quick dip at the same site every night after the full moon to see if the corals are readying the egg and sperm packets. Most of the same specie will spawn on the same night.
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By Antonio Ferrer on Wednesday, July 28, 1999 - 11:13 am: |
I will be in Bonaire at the end of August, so I am interested in the coral spawning. Could you please tell me what to look for? Which nights are the most likely to see coral spawning: 27? Or 28, 29 & 30? Also, is this event a divers only show, or can us "simple" snorkellers get the fun, as well?
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By Linda Richter on Wednesday, July 28, 1999 - 11:42 am: |
I have sent out an email to the local dive operations to see if any presentations or trips are planned yet for this year. Last year I attended a presentation which provided information about location, species, time, etc. Snorkellers should be able to join the fun especially for the shallow elk horn coral.
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By Linda Richter on Friday, July 30, 1999 - 11:14 am: |
Antonio,
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By Antonio Ferrer on Monday, August 2, 1999 - 6:52 am: |
Thank you very much, Linda. I actually will be staying at the Sand Dollar, so I will be in touch with Jerry (I always do his guided snorkel trips anyway!)
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By Josrph McCarthy on Saturday, August 7, 1999 - 6:21 pm: |
Hello Linda
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By Steven Springer on Monday, August 9, 1999 - 10:26 am: |
Hi All,
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By gerard geertjes on Friday, August 13, 1999 - 6:16 pm: |
Coral spawning after the October full moon.
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By Anonymous on Friday, August 13, 1999 - 8:13 pm: |
Sounds like the coral will have quite an audience when performing their mating ritual... I hope they are not too embaressed..
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By gerard geertjes on Friday, August 13, 1999 - 11:45 pm: |
Where do you think the name "blushing star coral" came from?
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By gerard geertjes on Sunday, August 15, 1999 - 11:02 pm: |
What’s in a name?
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By michael gaynor on Monday, August 16, 1999 - 7:43 am: |
And who said coral wasn't interesting!
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By Linda Richter on Monday, August 16, 1999 - 2:39 pm: |
We had a similiar problem with algea for the Lac Bay project and of course, we added in the complication of having Dutch and English speakers. We found it much easier to stay with the species names which works for everybody. Our only problem was scientists deciding to reclassify an algea and changing the specie name.
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By Antonio Ferrer on Thursday, September 30, 1999 - 6:20 pm: |
Today is the fifth day after the September full moon. Any news of the coral spawning? By the way, I found a video (National Geographic - Jewels of the Caribbean Sea) which have some beautiful sequences of brain coral spawning (among other things)
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