Great Sandy Strait (Qld, Australia): 07-09 March 2008

We have just completed another successful weekend (5 sites sampled), considering how strong the winds were blowing!! Tinnanbar is sheltered from the southerlies so thankfully the water kept off the sites and was not held up by the winds. Text: Robyn Bailey

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Semakau (Singapore): 20 February 2008

Our first weekday monitoring for the year and still we had a great turnout from the Team! Wow!

We arrived very early for a change as everyone was on time, and all went smoothly. So we had a bit of time to look around while waiting for the tide to go down.

There were some interesting hard corals like the Heliofungia actiniformis (below left) which is actually a mushroom hard coral. It has long tentacles so it's sometimes mistaken for an anemone.

There were also a pair of mating Jorunna funebris nudibranchs (below right) . Nudibranchs are hermaphrodites and exchange sperm when two individuals of the same species meet one another. They do it sideways, facing in opposite directions. The front end of this nudibranch has a pair of black edged structures that look like bunny ears (these are called rhinophores). The back end of the nudibranch has a circle of fluffy feathery structures which are its breathing gills.

We had a super day today. A great team, a fabulous ferry (we got the VIP ferry literally with red carpet inside and outside deck seating, which was marvelous for the trip back under the full moon...it was amazing! Thanks Shufen!), and NO MOSQUITOS! Text: Team Seagrass-Singapore. TeamSeagrass Website Click here .

Shelly Beach (Townsville, Qld, Australia): 20 February 2008

Labrador Park (Singapore): 19 February 2008

It's been quite some time since we met up with the Seagrass Angels from Labrador and the angel commander - Mr Lim (aka Chengpuay).

Just a recap, the hardworking trio + teacher monitors our seagrasses composed mainly of Thalassia hemprichii mixed with Enhalus acoroides and Halophila ovalis at Labrador. On top of the usual parameters according to the Seagrass-Watch method, they also go around 'poking' seagrasses to monitor the growth rates.

The entire shore was covered with macroalgae, mainly Bryopsis sp. and my guess is the algae are seasonal. Nonetheless, the Seagrass Angels persevered and carried on with the survey, trying not to miss out all the various species amidst the seaweed-laden substrate. Text: Team Seagrass-Singapore. TeamSeagrass Website Click here.