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Travel and Leisure by Tom Verde wrote:
- "A bioluminescent glow that's almost
impossible to photograph."
-"People often tell me this is the most incredible
thing theyíve ever seen"
-"Mosquito Bayís glow comes from dinoflagellates,
microscopic underwater organisms that release
energy in the form of light"
-"Several dinoflagellate species are found
in oceans worldwide: on the U.S Atlantic coast, the
waters around Borneo and the Sea of Japan.
Although in some places bioluminescence is
seasonal, Mosquito Bay glows year-round"
-"Mosquito Bayís high concentration of dinoflagellates
720,000 per gallon."
-"Try stamping on the deck, " ... a comet-like flash
of light suddenly crosses the bow."
-"extremely fragile ecosystem that makes this topical
lagoon so marvelous"
-"Bio bays in other parts of the Caribbean
have been lost because of development and
pollution. At La Paguera on Puerto Ricoís
southwest coast, Bahia Fosforescente, once said to
be as fantastic a Mosquito Bay, is now 1/10 as
bright as it used to be"
FULL
STORY
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Wild Conservation also by Tom Verde wrote:
-"The function [glow] is not well understood"... In
other bioluminescent organisms- certain fish, for
example we know they use it to attract prey
or mates. Or to scare off predators"
-"Because of the opening to the sea is narrow,
Grasso explains, B12 and other nutrients stay in
the bay rather than being flushed out to sea. "
-"There used to be more. New Providence
Island in the Bahamas had a bioluminescent bay,
until its opening to the sea was widened and the
dinoflagellates population declined. A
bioluminescent bay in Hawaii suffered a similar fate.
Others in the Caribbean have been lost due to
... pollution..."
-"decomposing garbage could threaten the
bioluminescence"
FULL STORY
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Eco Traveler Barabara Flanagan wrote:
-"Viequesí
Puerto Mosquito Bay boasts one of the worldís
largest, brightest concentrations of the worldís
largest, brightest concentrations of
dinoflaggelates"
-"Should the Navy protect its fragile
wilderness, or give the land back to islanders?"
Full
Story
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The San Juan Star Robert Becker wrote:
The Wacky World of Government Spending
-"$10 million "Sports City Complex" on a
hillside immediately overlooking the ecologically
fragile bay"
-"erect stadium lights with enough
candle power to make Puerto Mosquito Bay, with
its millions of tiny, light sensitive dinoflagellates,
the envy of Times Square"
-"I
guess Mayor Santiago has never heard of La
Parguera" [an almost dead bio bay]
Full
article
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The Vieques Times wrote:
-"Talk show hosts point out the
mismanagement of public funds to the tune of $5
million in City Hall dealings and more than $11
million at CODEFIN"
-"City Hall has mostly refused to discuss the issue:
"I donít have to give any explanations. My friends
donít require them and my enemies wonít believe
them."
-""You, Damaso Serrano, you canít cut
our throats. We are a corporate entity, before you
can cut our throat, weíll cut yours. Your throat,
Damaso. Yours and all your followers who try to
harm us."
Full
Article
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The booklet The Bioluminescent Bays of Vieques
Please see full text to the left.
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