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Reef Ball CEDAM project
The Reef Ball Foundation donatied Reef Balls to CEDAM (www.cedam.org) for on going research on Reef Balls in Dominica. "I was a member of a project cosponsored by CEDAM and AMT. We placed two artificial reef balls offshore of Dominica and started 15 local species of coral on one reef ball while leaving the other alone" CEDAM plans to seed some Reef Balls with hard corals and others without the seeding treatment to study differences in growth of the fouling communities over time. CEDAM is a volunteer scientific organization. Labor for the donated Reef Balls is being provided by the Reef Ball Coalition (www.reefballcoalition.org) and concrete is being donated by Castaways Dive Resort of Dominica. www.castaways.dm

begmoverb This is a jpeg of the moving of the reef balls. They were together when we arrived and needed to be separated by about 15 feet. You can imagine all the grunting and sandstorm that accompanied this activity.

This is a jpeg of the moving of the reef balls. They were together when we arrived and needed to be separated by about 15 feet. You can imagine all the grunting and sandstorm that accompanied this activity.

scrubball This is a photo of scrubbing off the algae which had accumulated in the month it was waiting for us.

This is a photo of scrubbing off the algae which had accumulated in the month it was waiting for us.

reefballbc This is a photo of the clean research ball before the corals were added (bc=before corals).

This is a photo of the clean research ball before the corals were added (bc=before corals).

airdrill This jpeg shows the drilling process

This jpeg shows the drilling process

coralscrew This photo demonstrates the proceedure of attaching a coral specimen.

This photo demonstrates the proceedure of attaching a coral specimen.

coralinbag This photo shows the method of transporting the coral, in its bag, to the ball.

This photo shows the method of transporting the coral, in its bag, to the ball.

seed3 Here is a closeup of the attached corals on the top of the reef ball.

Here is a closeup of the attached corals on the top of the reef ball.

seed2 Here is another closeup of the attached corals on the top of the reef ball.

Here is another closeup of the attached corals on the top of the reef ball.

seed1 Here is another closeup of the attached corals on the top of the reef ball.

Here is another closeup of the attached corals on the top of the reef ball.

rbn.1 Here is a view of the completed reef ball from north(rbn).

Here is a view of the completed reef ball from north(rbn).

rbs.2 Here is a view of the completed reef ball from the south(rbs).

Here is a view of the completed reef ball from the south(rbs).

rbe.2 Here is a view of the completed reef ball from the east(rbe).

Here is a view of the completed reef ball from the east(rbe).

rbw.1 Here is a view of the completed reef ball from the west(rbw).

Here is a view of the completed reef ball from the west(rbw).

anim1 These photos show some creatures (Juv. Drum) who were still in their reef ball home at the close of the project. They had obviously found the reef ball before we arrived to attach the corals and came back as soon as the noisy drilling and people left!

These photos show some creatures (Juv. Drum) who were still in their reef ball home at the close of the project. They had obviously found the reef ball before we arrived to attach the corals and came back as soon as the noisy drilling and people left!

anim2 Here is another creature by a reefball. (Arrow Crab)

Here is another creature by a reefball. (Arrow Crab)

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