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Barbados Reef Report Card for 2020

The 2020 Coral Reef Report Card for Barbados has been published and is available for review. Click here to download the document.

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Threat of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease to Barbados

In the summer of 2014, corals off the coast of Florida were presenting with white blotches or bands associated with rapid tissue

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Glossary of Terms

Reference Zone

In regard to beach measuring procedure, the part of the foreshore subject to wave action (between the limit of uprush and the limit of backwash) at mid-tide stage.

Gravel

Unconsolidated natural accumulation of rounded rock fragments coarser than sand but finer than pebbles (2-4 mm diameter).

Scarping

The erosion of a dune or berm by wave attack during a storm or a large swell.

Pocket Beach

A beach, usually small, in a coastal reentrant or between two littoral barriers (often rocky headlands).

Shoreface

The narrow zone seaward from the low tide shoreline, covered by water, over which the beach sands and gravels actively oscillate with changing wave conditions.

Bathymetric chart

A topographic map of the bed of the ocean, with depths indicated by contours (isobaths) drawn at regular intervals.

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