Do you know about the free ananomies?

rickjames · #24 07-09-2005, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Snappy

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Originally Posted by danny zubot

I wonder if thats what happened to the urchins of the Caribean. They all died about 20 years ago, it happened so fast that they never had the chance to figure out why. The reefs are all dying as a result.

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When scuba diving in the Carribean I see lots of urchins every time I go.

Here is quote from Dr. Shimek's article on reef keeping this month talking about what Danny is referring to (not included is the picture):

Figure 4. This image, taken in 1981, gives an idea of the abundance of Diadema antillarum in the Caribbean prior to the disease that ravaged their populations in 1983. Diadema are ecologically extinct throughout the Caribbean today.