Sargassum Weed: Friend or Foe
Fisheries Biologist S. Florida/Caribbean I&M Program [email protected] Jeff Miller Stationed in VIIS, St. John US Virgin Islands 340-514-6700
South Florida/Caribbean Network I&M Program Sargassum: Where does it come from?
South Florida/Caribbean Network I&M Program Sargassum: but how does it get here?!
South Florida/Caribbean Network I&M Program Sargassum: We are not alone!
South Florida/Caribbean Network I&M Program Sargassum: We are not alone!
South Florida/Caribbean Network I&M Program Sargassum: We are not alone!
South Florida/Caribbean Network I&M Program Sargassum: We are not alone!
South Florida/Caribbean Network I&M Program Sargassum: We are not alone!
South Florida/Caribbean Network I&M Program Sargassum: We are not alone!
Coral Bay: September 4, 2014 Photo by Caroline Rogers
Haulover: September 21, ‘14
South Florida/Caribbean Network I&M Program Sargassum: Foe or Friend? Reefs, benthic communities & segrasses
Reduced light levels, smothering, weed decomposition
Turtle Troubles….
South Florida/Caribbean Network I&M Program Sargassum: Foe or Friend?
Tourism and beach/shoreline visitation
Local infrastructure: bulldozer and dumptrucks for removal
South Florida/Caribbean Network I&M Program Sargassum: Foe or Friend?
Vessel motor intakes (over-heating), launching troubles
Power plant cooling water intakes
South Florida/Caribbean Network I&M Program South Florida/Caribbean Network I&M Program Sargassum: Friend or Foe?
South Florida/Caribbean Network I&M Program Sargassum: Friend or Foe?
South Florida/Caribbean Network I&M Program Sargassum: Friend or Foe?
South Florida/Caribbean Network I&M Program Sargassum: Friend or Foe?
South Florida/Caribbean Network I&M Program Sargassum: Friend or Foe?
South Florida/Caribbean Network I&M Program Sargassum: Friend or Foe?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nkRU0-4Kf8
South Florida/Caribbean Network I&M Program Sargassum: Friend or Foe?
South Florida/Caribbean Network I&M Program Sargassum: Full of life
– Plane-head filefish – Sargassum shrimp Monacanthus hispidus Leander tenuicornis
– nudibranch Scyllaea pelagica
South Florida/Caribbean Network I&M Program Sargassum: Full of life
– Swimming Crab Portunus sayi
South Florida/Caribbean Network I&M Program Sargassum: Full of Life
– Sargassum Frogfish Histrio histrio
South Florida/Caribbean Network I&M Program Sargassum: Full of Life
Photo by Caroline Rogers
South Florida/Caribbean Network I&M Program South Florida/Caribbean Network I&M Program SEAS: Sargassum Early Advisory System
South Florida/Caribbean Network I&M Program SEAS: Sargassum Early Advisory System
South Florida/Caribbean Network I&M Program