Kristal Ambrose shared this Bahamas Plastic Movement press release with us. Thanks Kristal!
Bahamas Plastic Movement (BPM) hosted a Plastic Pollution Education and Ocean Conservation camp at the Eleuthera Arts and Cultural Center (EACC) in Tarpum Bay. Twenty-three youth, ages 7-14, from across South Eleuthera came together to learn about plastic pollution and spark youth action and activism around the […]
A quick update from new NCSU graduate student Andrew Maurer on the sargassum mats in the Eastern Caribbean. Thanks Andrew.
“Huge influxes of sargassum seaweed on coasts and nearshore waters throughout the Caribbean are drawing more and more attention from all sectors, especially conservation organizations. There are benefits to beaches such as stabilization and vast nutrient provision. Oceanic sargassum is also […]
Correspondent Jimmy Richards has been combing Bahamas beaches for trash and has identified octopus traps likely washed from across the world. He sent a story about this issue. Thanks Jimmy!
Lots of information over at Rolling Harbour on the recent surge in dead birds along Abaco’s beaches.
New NCSU graduate student Andy Maurer sent in an update on his research on Antigua. Cool stuff…..
Hawksbill nesting season with the Jumby Bay Hawksbill Project in Antigua is well under way. After 3 weeks of monitoring, we have had 25 nests laid by 21 females. Many more to come. There have been 8 first time nesters, or neophytes, already this […]
New research shows that parrotfish excrement can build entire islands. The study was done in the Maldives and compared various sources of biogenic sand including boring sponges, sea urchins, calcifying algae (Halimeda), and parrotfish. They find that parrotfish contribute around 85% of the sand on their study island! That’s a lot of sand! It’s a good illustration of the diverse […]
A BBC story on an important hawksbill nesting location in Antigua. Timely, as we have just accepted a new student, Andrew Maurer, into the NCSU graduate program. Andrew will conduct his field work at this site, looking at factors that affect nesting success in hawksbills. Some of the hawksbills that take up residence in The Bahamas, may well have […]
A new paper on the repeated migrations of loggerheads from their residence areas in The Bahamas to nesting beaches in the Dry Tortugas. Remarkable they track back to the same areas after each trip. Here is the paper summary:
Background: Delineation of home ranges, residence and foraging areas, and migration corridors is important for understanding the habitat needs for a […]
Inquiry from a Little Harbour resident….
Still don’t know what the macrobrachium shrimp are – and would really like to! – but now I have another mystery.
There are small red shrimp living in holes in the mangrove swamp behind Bookies Beach near Little Harbour. I think they are cinetorhynehus manningi. Usually I see one or two hanging out on the […]