Web Dive 1 Sand Key - Page 9

In this image we can see the small budding branches of elkhorn coral reaching upward toward the sun. The white splotch in the upper portion of the image causes concern. Could this be a white coral disease or was this caused by snails?

Our next Web Dive for today will be a snorkel on the backside of Rock Key Reef about a quarter mile to the east. Today's short dive gave us a fairly good idea of what the conditions are like in this area of Sand Key Reef and provided us with an agenda for our return Web Dive to this location. We leave this reef with guarded optimism hoping that the new elkhorn coral will survive.

 

Sand Key shallow, 06/18/01 image 18

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