Crisis in Paradise: Bahamian Reefs Under Siege from Ocean Heatwave
By Natalia Hurtado (Perry Institute for Marine Science & Cape Eleuthera Institute at The Island School) Embrace the Season: Are You a Fan of Summer? For both Bahamians and visitors,…
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Can you recognize the brainiest Caribbean coral?
By Natalia Hurtado (The Island School & Perry Institute for Marine Science) If you’ve ever been diving, snorkeling or spear fishing on a coral reef, you probably noticed corals that…
Coral Spawning In The Bahamas
Every summer once the water temperature increases, several reef creatures know it is the time of the year to produce offspring by releasing their reproductive cells or gametes into the water column.
STUDENTS COMPLETE CORAL REEF ECOLOGY INTERNSHIP WITH CEI’S THE BAHAMAS CORAL INNOVATION HUB
Photo of the group collecting gamete bundles from the groove brain coral. Besides the coral team from CEI, Perry Institute for Marine Science, and Secore International we were joined by…
Coral and Hurricane Matthew
As Hurricane Matthew made contact with the Bahamas in early October, it brought with it many threats of damage and devastation. The Cape Eleuthera Institute (CEI) was extremely fortunate in…
CEI and SECORE document critically endangered coral spawning
SECORE (SExual COral REproduction) International arrived at the Cape Eleuthera Institute last month for a week of research focused on coral spawning. SECORE is a non-profit organization dedicated to the…
Coral reef survey techniques workshop help at CEI
On August 20th, Dr. Craig Dahlgren from The Perry Institute for Marine Science Laboratory arrived at CEI along with more than 20 scientists and conservationists from around the Bahamas and…
Operation Wallacea student investigates growth rates at the CEI coral nursery
Over the course of six weeks, Natasha Webbe of the University of Leeds, a student representing Operation Wallacea, has been working with the Cape Eleuthera Institute to study the success…
Summer research focusing on critically endangered coral reef species
Elkhorn (Acropora palmata) and staghorn (Acropora cervicornis) corals are major reef-building corals found off the shores of Florida and throughout the Caribbean. In recent decades there has been a widespread…
CEI scientists present research at the 13th International Coral Reef Symposium
written by Dr. Jocelyn Curtis-QuickThe International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS) is the olympics of marine biology and is only held every four years. It is the primary international meeting focused…