[Coral-List] Xetospongia muta
glauco150 at aol.com
glauco150 at aol.com
Sun Apr 27 15:04:06 EDT 2008
Dear listers:
During a recent dive?(75-80 ft deep) in the north coast of Puerto Rico I found out?numerous Xetospongia muta totally or partially broken.??Some sponges broke flush to the substrate, others broke in different angle when compared to the next standing; there was not a clear break pattern.??On March 20-22, Puerto Rico and the USVI coasts received the impact of a powerful cold front?which produced 30-plus feet breaking waves causing significant coastal erosion.? Could it be possble that soft or weak areas of large high profile?X. muta did not resisted?such continuous?high energy swell/surge?
I will appreciate any comments or references.
best regards,
Glauco A Rivera
PhD candidate
Univ. of PR-Dept. of Marine Sciences
More information about the Coral-List
mailing list