Sentences with phrase «of queen conchs»
Chan's work has been published in several respected science based platforms and his most recent projects include studies on the impact of polluted environments on coral as well as the population and growth of the Queen Conch.
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Shedd Aquarium has teamed up with the Bahamas National Trust (BNT) as part of a group of conservation organizations (collectively known as partners in «conchservation») studying queen conch, Lobatus gigas, in The Bahamas to understand why local populations are in decline.
As Shedd Aquarium's Director of Marine Research, Kessel will oversee a suite of marine conservation research projects aimed at protecting commercially important Caribbean species, such as endangered Nassau grouper and threatened queen conch.
When visiting Harbour Island, the one item I never leave off my itinerary is a stop at Queen Conch for a meal of smoked dolphin dip (made with mahi - mahi, not the cetacean!)
As in electric green and pink in the above photo of a slug - like critter with eyes atop two stalks (the conch) that Janice saw sliding out of a large Caribbean Queen conch shell at a conch farm in the Turks & Caicos.
The offshore marine habitat was long known as an important breeding area for the commercially valuable Queen Conch, as well as a seasonal spawning bank for Nassau and Yellowfin Groupers, and a variety of other species.
 Research grants were also given to Wilber Martinez for work on the Ecology of Conservation of the BairdÂ's Tapir and Alex Anderson for research on the Turneffe Atoll Marine Reserve Queen Conch.
The Bacalar Chico Project is geared toward sustainable use and development of this unique area of North Ambergris Caye due to a variety of exceptional factors: at Rocky Point the reef touches the shore; the green sea turtle and the loggerhead nesting site between Robles and Rocky Point; the offshore marine habitat once known as a breeding area for Queen conch; and the seasonal spawning bank for the nassau and yellowfin groupers; the high diversity of terrestrial and vegatation zones.
Red Hermit Crab: «soya» locally, Soldier crab: Petrochirus diogenes A snorkeler or diver turning over a Queen Conch shell may find one of these large crabs staring back instead of the cConch shell may find one of these large crabs staring back instead of the conchconch.
Queen conch are found here, but oddly enough, I have not found any areas of sea grass on which it is so dependent for food.
October 1st kicked off one of my two favorite seasons in Belize — Queen Conch season.
In the style of a serial novel, The Star Islanders tells the tale of Francie Leighton, the 20 - something assistant to a Miami - based rock diva known as Queen Conch.