By Jake Richter - NetTech on Monday, October 7, 2002 - 11:57 am: |
I finally had (or made) the time to post some pictures from the Coral Spawn night dive we did with a bunch of BonaireTalkers about a week and a half ago, along with a dive I took the following night by myself. Please see: http://www.bonairediving.com/richter/20020928-CoralSpawnNightDiving/index.html
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By Marc @ CrystalVisions on Monday, October 7, 2002 - 12:16 pm: |
Pretty neat indeed Oh, and the wait isn't much trouble at all when you're on a 2MB connection... *evil grin*
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By Peter Cabus on Monday, October 7, 2002 - 12:59 pm: |
Great stuff!!!
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By Cynde Lee on Monday, October 7, 2002 - 1:15 pm: |
thanks Jake! once again, absoultely amazing and wonderful!
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By Deborah Campbell on Monday, October 7, 2002 - 2:09 pm: |
Great pictures, Jake - thanks for posting. Next best thing to being there in person!
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By Glen Reem on Monday, October 7, 2002 - 4:49 pm: |
Jake,
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By Kay Powers on Monday, October 7, 2002 - 5:20 pm: |
Jake,
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By Sarah on Monday, October 7, 2002 - 7:46 pm: |
Thanks Jake, I really enjoyed that..
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By Jake Richter - NetTech on Tuesday, October 8, 2002 - 12:04 pm: |
Sarah,
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By Sarah on Tuesday, October 8, 2002 - 8:37 pm: |
Hmmm, well, it's late, but I'll give it a go.. here's an idea.. the BSC is hermaphroditic, producing both eggs and sperm from a single polyp. It is my understanding that some of the polyps do not produce gonads..
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By Glen Reem on Wednesday, October 9, 2002 - 11:32 am: |
Sarah,
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By Cynde Lee on Wednesday, October 9, 2002 - 11:55 am: |
glen, when the director gives the signal to go ahead on the count of 3.
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By Sarah on Wednesday, October 9, 2002 - 1:44 pm: |
The synchronism is basically down to external cycles (the moon, temp cycles and so on..) but it's not only these external cycles, the synchronism is also down to chemical stimuli in the surrounding water that is present when spawning starts. I'm still half asleep here, but hope this is all beginning to make sense..
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By Cynde Lee on Wednesday, October 9, 2002 - 3:02 pm: |
ok sarah, you are right, i guess it isn't the director giving the count of 3
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By Jake Richter - NetTech on Wednesday, October 9, 2002 - 3:44 pm: |
Sarah,
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By Ginny Stokes on Wednesday, October 9, 2002 - 4:11 pm: |
Jake, thank you again for sharing! Your still, night-dive photos are amazing...you might even tempt me to try another night dive (my two previous experiences have been less than memorable).
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By Jake Richter - NetTech on Wednesday, October 9, 2002 - 4:18 pm: |
Just once a year, or so. Usually some number of days after the August or September full moon (depending on which time of month the moon is, the water temperature at the time, etc.)
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By Faith M. Senie on Wednesday, October 9, 2002 - 11:12 pm: |
Of course, there's always.... telepathy!
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By Brian on Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 2:15 am: |
Nice movie sequence Jake.
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By Jake Richter - NetTech on Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 8:07 am: |
Brian,
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By Brian on Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 8:59 am: |
Jake
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By Sarah on Thursday, October 10, 2002 - 2:53 pm: |
Jake, I'm not 100% certain of the answer to your Q. But I know someone (at Uni) that will be.. I'm in the lab Monday, he teaches that day, I'll run it by him then....
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By Liz Ginocchio on Saturday, October 12, 2002 - 8:09 pm: |
Jake, your pictures bring back GREAT memories from our dive that night. We just got home at 3am this morning to dreary nor'easter weather, and these pics bring back the smile to my face. Thanks so much. Also, Heinrick's tape is fantastic! We picked it up from him a few days after we dove! Thanks again for the great invite! Liz
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By Brian on Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 3:34 am: |
Here a few pictures from the spawning, the three rowed Sea Cucumber was very strange.
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By Carole Baker on Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 7:03 pm: |
Awesome, Brian! Thanks. Carole
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By Carole Baker on Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 7:08 pm: |
Wow, Jake! I'm glad I "scrolled up" on this page....I had not caught your entry with your site and photos....unbelievable! You guys are sooo good at this and we are sooo good and enjoying your shots. I have passed your page along to all of my diving friends all over the world so they can enjoy everything, too....yours too, Brian! Thanks again, guys. Carole
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