Today we began again with the article projects. We talked about grouper fish and how they are a natural biocontrol for the lionfish. We also talked about parrot fish and how they are eating more coral. We then went on to a mini project. In this project we had to repopulate a certain species of coral. We would present this plan to investors and then they would decide what idea was the best. My group’s idea was to plant the coral polyp west of Key West ,Florida in a state park. We would then send divers down and place the polyp on a rocky structure. Soon afterwards we would introduce small amounts of zooanthellae ,an algae that helps give the coral food. Tommorrow we will hear from the “investors” and see who wins the money.
