1300-1400 H
I snorkeled a route around the rock island on the south side of the Bay adjacent to transect E, around the western tip of the island, back in toward shore and around the eastern end for a short distance. My goal was to determine if there was any coral recruitment occurring in that area (as reported to Bill by Spielman).
I took photos of the new and fairly new Pocillopora meandrina heads and a few Porites sp. as I came across them during the snorkel.
First part of transect E- the southern side of the rock island, as the video shows, is very "dead." However, once I went around the offshore end of the island and came back towards shore I found quite a few new coral heads. I am unable to estimate density but it is quite low, I am sure. I have divided the images into two areas: 1. the south side of rock island (the first part of transect E), 2. the north side and east end of rock island.
There were quite a few new colonies even in the shallow areas. I can see where Mr. Spielman reported that there was some recovery.
The numbers are not large but they are there... the place isn't totally dead!
Area 1 -the south side of rock island (the first part of transect E)
Area 2 - he north side of rock island
I forgot... I took some pictures of the shower area also.
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| The shower area |
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| I was surprised to see this critter out in the open! |
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