|01 Eastern Dry Rocks aerials |
|02 July 13, 1993 |
All subjects 50 feet north of mooring buoy number 10.
|03 July 28, 1993 |
It is evident that in 1993 there was a nutrient overload on this reef causing massive algal blooms. South Florida Water Managers were flooding Florida Bay with dirty water at tis time.
|04 August 18, 1993 |
The Tower. At the east end of the reef are the remnants of a old reef marker. This was once a wonderful secret area to snorkel on.
|April 26, 1994 |
|January 1, 1995 |
|July 3, 1995 |
Elkhorn coral is flourishing around the submerged tower.
|June 25, 1995 |
Coral subjects mooring buoy number 10.
|June 3, 1996 |
Elkhorn coral grows around the broken Tower.
|June 4, 1996 |
Near mooring buoy 10 several coral subjects have been monitored. In the surrounding area many of the boulder corals succumbed to Black-band disease in the mid 1990s.
|May 3, 1998 |
Aspergillus, White Pox and algal blooms are taking their toll on this reef. This is a period of massive flooding of florida Bay that has resulted in catastrophic coral infections on the downstream coral reefs.
|September, 13 1998 after Hurricane Georges |
A week after the passage of Hurricane Georges a Reef Relief team surveys the reef.
|September 6, 1994 |
This is the main coral subject at buoy number 10 on the west face of Eastern Dry Rocks reef in about 15 feet of water.