https://www.amustard.com/library Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:38:22 +0000 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:38:22 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Zenphoto RSS Generator https://www.amustard.com/library/51/CAY16_am-13327.jpg A view down on a colony of elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) growing on a coral reef and making a home for yellowtailed damselfish (Microspathodon chrysurus). The growth in this photo represents 12 year's growth since Hurrican Ivan in 2004, which levelled the colony. This is one of the fastest growing coral species. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.
Background: For about the last two million years, branching elkhorn and staghorn coral were the dominant shallow reef building species across the Caribbean. Then about 35 years ago things changed. This once abundant species died off to such an extent that it is now rare or even extinct over much of its former range. US waters are the best studied, and there the coverage of this species declined by 98% during the 1980s. That’s pretty typical for the region and these species are listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
Date: 04/27/2017]]> https://www.amustard.com/library/51/CAY16_am-13327.jpg Mon, 28 Nov 2016 00:13:46 +0000 https://www.amustard.com/library/51/CAY16_am-16271.jpg A view down on a colony of staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis) growing on a coral reef and creating a home for blue chromis (Chromis cyanea). East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. British West Indies. Caribbean Sea. Background: For about the last two million years, branching elkhorn and staghorn coral were the dominant shallow reef building species across the Caribbean. Then about 35 years ago things changed. This once abundant species died off to such an extent that it is now rare or even extinct over much of its former range. US waters are the best studied, and there the coverage of this species declined by 98% during the 1980s. That’s pretty typical for the region and these species are listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
Date: 04/27/2017]]> https://www.amustard.com/library/51/CAY16_am-16271.jpg Sat, 03 Dec 2016 00:19:42 +0000 https://www.amustard.com/library/51/BAH10_am-13771BW.jpg A black and white photo of a pair of Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) over a shallow sand bank. The individual below is a young Atlantic spotted dolphin, which does not have the characteristic spots of the adults. Sandy Ridge, Little Bahama Bank, Bahamas. Tropical West Atlantic Ocean.
Date: 04/27/2017]]> https://www.amustard.com/library/51/BAH10_am-13771BW.jpg Sat, 24 Jul 2010 13:33:26 +0000 https://www.amustard.com/library/51/BAH17_am-10992.jpg A long exposure of a female great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran) in shallow water in the evening. South Bimini, Bahamas. The Bahamas National Shark Sanctuary. Gulf Stream, West Atlantic Ocean.
Date: 04/27/2017]]> https://www.amustard.com/library/51/BAH17_am-10992.jpg Fri, 27 Jan 2017 06:58:09 +0000 https://www.amustard.com/library/51/CAY16_am-13782.jpg A view of a colony of elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) growing on a coral reef. The growth in this photo represents 12 year's growth since Hurrican Ivan in 2004, which levelled the colony. This is one of the fastest growing coral species. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.
Background: For about the last two million years, branching elkhorn and staghorn coral were the dominant shallow reef building species across the Caribbean. Then about 35 years ago things changed. This once abundant species died off to such an extent that it is now rare or even extinct over much of its former range. US waters are the best studied, and there the coverage of this species declined by 98% during the 1980s. That’s pretty typical for the region and these species are listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
Date: 04/27/2017]]> https://www.amustard.com/library/51/CAY16_am-13782.jpg Tue, 29 Nov 2016 00:10:44 +0000 https://www.amustard.com/library/51/CAY16_am-13769.jpg A silhouetted view of a colony of elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) growing on a coral reef. The growth in this photo represents 12 year's growth since Hurrican Ivan in 2004, which levelled the colony. This is one of the fastest growing coral species. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.
Background: For about the last two million years, branching elkhorn and staghorn coral were the dominant shallow reef building species across the Caribbean. Then about 35 years ago things changed. This once abundant species died off to such an extent that it is now rare or even extinct over much of its former range. US waters are the best studied, and there the coverage of this species declined by 98% during the 1980s. That’s pretty typical for the region and these species are listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List.
Date: 04/27/2017]]> https://www.amustard.com/library/51/CAY16_am-13769.jpg Tue, 29 Nov 2016 00:07:57 +0000 https://www.amustard.com/library/51/BAH10_am-14262.jpg An adult Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) over a shallow sand bank. Sandy Ridge, Little Bahama Bank, Bahamas. Tropical West Atlantic Ocean.
Date: 04/27/2017]]> https://www.amustard.com/library/51/BAH10_am-14262.jpg Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:25:21 +0000 https://www.amustard.com/library/51/BAH10_am-13907BW.jpg A black and white photo of a pod of Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) over a shallow sand bank. Sandy Ridge, Little Bahama Bank, Bahamas. Tropical West Atlantic Ocean.
Date: 04/27/2017]]> https://www.amustard.com/library/51/BAH10_am-13907BW.jpg Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:00:29 +0000 https://www.amustard.com/library/51/CAY15_am-107417.jpg A gang of three Caribbean reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) over a coral reef. East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies.
Date: 04/27/2017]]> https://www.amustard.com/library/51/CAY15_am-107417.jpg Sat, 24 Jan 2015 14:24:41 +0000 https://www.amustard.com/library/51/BAH17_am-12721.jpg A double exposure to create a sense of movement in a school of french grunts (Haemulon flavolineatum) and white grunts (Haemulon plumierii). South Bimini, Bahamas. The Bahamas National Shark Sanctuary. Gulf Stream, West Atlantic Ocean.
Date: 04/27/2017]]> https://www.amustard.com/library/51/BAH17_am-12721.jpg Thu, 23 Mar 2017 23:21:09 +0000