Status of Roatan's reefs - 2021

[@saronnpov2687]

Breathtaking 🙏🏼🌊🫶🐟

[@isabelledomart-coulon7762]

thanks for this striking footage. On the positive side the sponges seem to be thriving. Hopefully they'll help filter out the excess organic matter and bacteria/picoplankton to improve the water quality for remaining coral fragments and potential recruits. There seem to be not enough fish to graze the competing algae though.

[@Swapnaja35]

Very sad to see the loss of the coral reef. Facing the same situation here in India, too

[@avi-shai]

This is really sad. Is there any chance of recovery?

[@scubaguy5389]

i don't see any large pelagic fish on the reef. they fish them all out?

[@rickygh77]

Its sad.. Its gonna take some time to recover our reefs.. just remember we recently had 2 hurricanes in 1 week 7 months ago...

[@PawlikLab]

Yes, geological time, unfortunately.

[@sherrym2337]

Sad reality

[@scubaguy5389]

sad the Caribbean reefs i believe have had the worst loss of corals in the world.

[@manuelalejandrorodriguezre4621]

Rapid tissue loss killing everything :(

[@PawlikLab]

Agreed -- and during the pandemic, most of the science community is not there to see it. These are no longer the same ecosystems.