{"id":228,"date":"2015-03-10T00:44:11","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T00:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecomares.org\/web\/?p=228"},"modified":"2021-03-02T18:31:59","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T23:31:59","slug":"primer-reporte-cientifico-del-arrecife-de-varadero-bahia-de-cartagena-colombia-en-la-revista-coral-reefs-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecomares.org\/en\/primer-reporte-cientifico-del-arrecife-de-varadero-bahia-de-cartagena-colombia-en-la-revista-coral-reefs-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Primer reporte cient\u00edfico del arrecife de Varadero (Bah\u00eda de Cartagena , Colombia) en la revista Coral Reefs (2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"228\" class=\"elementor elementor-228\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5728125 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5728125\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ffdc35\" data-id=\"2ffdc35\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d6cb0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5d6cb0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Primer reporte cient\u00edfico del arrecife de Varadero (Bah\u00eda de Cartagena , Colombia) en la revista Coral Reefs (2015)<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2b9e3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b2b9e3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A paradoxical reef from Varadero, Cartagena Bay, Colombia<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Mateo\u00a0L\u00f3pez-Victoria, Melina\u00a0Rodr\u00edguez-Moreno y Fernando\u00a0A.\u00a0Zapata<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<time datetime=\"2015-03\"><a title=\"Coral Reefs\" href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s00338-014-1246-y\">Coral Reefs<\/a>\u00a0<\/time><time datetime=\"2015-03\">March 2015<\/time>,\u00a0Volume 34, Issue 1,\u00a0pp 231\u2013231\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Recently, while looking for excavating sponges at Varadero (10\u00b018\u203210\u2033N, 75\u00b034\u203255\u2033W), an area adjacent to the dredged channel, we found what might be one of the best coral reefs on the continental shelf of Colombia in terms of coral cover (up to 80\u00a0%) and dominated by\u00a0Orbicella\u00a0spp. (Fig.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s00338-014-1246-y#Fig1\">1<\/a>). The total extension of this formation is close to 1\u00a0km2. A well-developed coral reef in such a highly degraded environment is contrary to expectations. With massive coral colonies &gt;3\u00a0m in diameter and a total scleractinian richness of at least 30 species, this reef challenges traditional paradigms regarding ideal conditions for the growth and development of coral reefs (i.e., oligotrophic and clean waters with good sunlight penetration). The largest colonies found must have survived repeated human disturbances. Corals in shallow areas of this reef exhibit the flattened and encrusting growth forms typical of greater depths (&gt;15\u201320\u00a0m). This coral formation is a unique resource that should be conserved and further studied considering its high species diversity, the large size of some of its coral colonies, and the atypical conditions under which it developed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3da9ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-read-more\" data-id=\"a3da9ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"read-more.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div> &hellip;<p class=\"ast-the-content-more-link\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/ecomares.org\/en\/primer-reporte-cientifico-del-arrecife-de-varadero-bahia-de-cartagena-colombia-en-la-revista-coral-reefs-2015\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Primer reporte cient\u00edfico del arrecife de Varadero (Bah\u00eda de Cartagena , Colombia) en la revista Coral Reefs (2015)<\/span>Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Primer reporte cient\u00edfico del arrecife de Varadero (Bah\u00eda de Cartagena , Colombia) en la revista Coral Reefs (2015) A paradoxical reef from Varadero, Cartagena Bay, Colombia &nbsp;Mateo&nbsp;L\u00f3pez-Victoria, Melina&nbsp;Rodr\u00edguez-Moreno y Fernando&nbsp;A.&nbsp;Zapata &nbsp;Coral Reefs&nbsp;March 2015,&nbsp;Volume 34, Issue 1,&nbsp;pp 231\u2013231&nbsp;&nbsp; Recently, while looking for excavating sponges at Varadero (10\u00b018\u203210\u2033N, 75\u00b034\u203255\u2033W), an area adjacent to the dredged channel, we &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/ecomares.org\/en\/primer-reporte-cientifico-del-arrecife-de-varadero-bahia-de-cartagena-colombia-en-la-revista-coral-reefs-2015\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Primer reporte cient\u00edfico del arrecife de Varadero (Bah\u00eda de Cartagena , Colombia) en la revista Coral Reefs (2015)<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecomares.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecomares.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecomares.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecomares.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecomares.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ecomares.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecomares.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecomares.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecomares.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}