A page to share my underwater adventures and some interesting science on coral reefs.
12/23/2024
End of year reflections… One of the top moments of 2024 was joining my new colleagues at the symposium.
Such a great moment to finally launch , the app I have been working on since 2021 to help streamline spawning data for the Caribbean Coral Spawning Database with .international and
01/07/2022
Reef, a Mexican Beach Dog in the snow
08/10/2020
Seeing the wonderful coral spawning successes accross the Caribbean takes the sting out of not being there in person!
Felicidades a los colegas en toda la region trabajando el desove de corales en las circunstancias dificiles de 2020.
Well done to colleagues accross the region working hard at coral spawning research during 2020's dificult circumstances.
Coralium: La Vida de un Coral Coral Conserve Secore International Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium FUNDEMAR
08/06/2020
New publication on reef restoration efforts brings together important advances in restoration in Latin America. Congrats to my supervisor Anastazia Banaszak, colleagues at Coralium: La Vida de un Coral and Oceanus Ac, and all co-authors.
Coral reef restoration efforts in Latin American countries and territories Coral reefs worldwide are degrading due to climate change, overfishing, pollution, coastal development, coral bleaching, and diseases. In areas where the natural recovery of an ecosystem is negligible or protection through management interventions insufficient, active restoration becomes critical. T...
08/05/2020
Cannot wait to hear more about this exciting development of Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium's coral reef restoration program, in which outplanted corals appear to be sexually mature in a fraction of the time expected.
07/29/2020
A Swim Through Time on Carysfort Reef A Swim Through Time on Carysfort Reef shows how Florida Keys reefs have degenerated since 1975. Sad but true. Pogo was right when he said,' We have seen the ...
07/23/2020
Coral spawning 2019 with the Dream Team Coralium: La Vida de un Coral, one of the rare occasions when we remembered to get a photo before hitting the water. Since 2016, I have been lucky enough to join the expert team in monitoring and collecting coral spawn to bring back to the lab for fertilisation and rearing of juvenile corals for .
Finding photo gems like this are motivation during lockdown!
Desove de corales 2019, Puerto Morelos, con mis colegas del equipo fantastico Coralium: La Vida de un Coral. Una de las ocasiones raras que nos ocurrió tomar una foto antes de entrar el agua. Desde el 2016, he formado parte del equipo de monitoreo y colecta del desove de corales para la fertilización y cultivo de corales juveniles en la restauración de corales.
¡encontrar fotos como esta es motivación buena en los momentos de cuarentena!
Coral Conserve Expedition Akumal
