Preparations underway

We arrived at Keys Marine Lab on Wednesday, Aug 5 and are now busy with the final preparations for the spawn. M. faveolata is predicted to spawn on the nights of Aug 10, 11 and 12. The past two days we have been busy buying supplies, setting up the lab and finishing off the "tents" that we will use to collect the egg/sperm bundles. Today was spent adding lead-core line to the bottom of our spawning tents to anchor them over the reef and floats at the top to keep the tents upright. Jars will the attached at the top of the tent to collect the spawned gametes.