Wednesday, July 27, 2005

Bleaching status update

This (below) is a 2-meter transect on each side of the cable just like last year.
We also changed out the CTD and ground truthed. Let Mike know that the lightning rod came off and broke a blade on the Northern most wind bird.
Dave Ward

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[spellings in the field...so don't complain!]


7/22/2005











Side Species Depth Score 1= pale

West


2= Some white

P. astorides 52 1 3= More than 50% white

Madracis 46 1 4= Mostly all white

M. annularius 36 1



M. annularius 37 2



M. Franksi 36 1 Transect is 4 meters wide

P. porities 35 1 times the length of the cable

M. alcecornus 33 2



D. stragosa 33 1



meandrina 33 1



D. stragosa 32 1



M. favulata 30 2



D. stragosa 29 3



A. agracities 29 2



M. alcecornus 28 2



D. stragosa 28 2



D. labarinthaformus 28 1



D. stragosa 28 1



D. stragosa 21 1



D. stragosa 20 1



P. astorides 20 1









East






A. agracities 19 2



D. stragosa 20 1



M. complanata 20 1



D. stragosa 22 1



M. alcecornus 25 3



M. alcecornus 26 1



M. annularius 27 1



D. stragosa 30 1



M. alcecornus 30 3



P. porities 32 2



D. stragosa 32 3



D. stragosa 35 3



D. labarinthaformus 36 1



M. alcecornus 38 3



P. astorides 39 2



M. alcecornus 50 2



Plating agricia 53 2