29/09/2022
We want to give thanks to Anthony's Key Resort for their outstanding support at our coral spawning monitoring by providing us tanks, a boat, a captain boat, two dive masters, and diving equipment.
With their help we were able with Biodiversidad y Negocios - GIZ , SECORE International , California Academy of Sciences , and NGOs, to monitor the coral species Orbicella annularis (OANN) and Orbicella faveolata (OFAV), being able to collect gametes of OANN for its assisted fertilization. The fertilized gametes were tossed inside the CRIB at Half Moon Bay where the substrates inside it will serve as coral larvae settlements. As well this monitoring helped us to validate our first coral spawning prediction calendar for future monitoring and sexual reproduction.
📸 Doland McLaughlin
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Queremos agradecer a Anthony's Key Resort por su destacado apoyo en nuestro monitoreo de desove de coral al proporcionarnos tanques, un bote, un bote capitán, dos maestros de buceo y equipo de buceo.
Con su ayuda pudimos con Biodiversidad y Negocios GIZ, SECORE International, Cal Academy y ONGs, monitorear las especies de coral Orbicella annularis (OANN) y Orbicella faveolata (OFAV), pudiendo recolectar gametos de OANN para su fecundación asistida. Los gametos fertilizados se arrojaron dentro del CRIB en Half Moon Bay, donde los sustratos en su interior servirán como asentamientos de larvas de coral. Además, este monitoreo nos ayudó a validar nuestro primer calendario de predicción de desove de coral para futuros monitoreos y reproducción sexual.
