Artificial Reef Made of Cinder Blocks

Creator

John C. OgdenFollow

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Creation Date

9-1-1978

Abstract

An artificial reef created using cinder blocks stacked in a pyramid shape on the seafloor near Salt River submarine canyon, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Numerous small fish are seen swimming around and through the cinderblocks of the artificial reef. Some algae appear to have started growing on the tops of the cinderblocks

Keywords

Biology, Marine biology--Research, Coral reefs and islands--Caribbean Sea, Coral reef ecology, Coral reef fishes, Artificial reefs

Extent

2x2 inches cardboard projector slide with Kodachrome 35mm color photographic film

Subject: geographic

United States Virgin Islands; St. Croix (United States Virgin Islands); Salt River Bay (United States Virgin Islands)

Physical Collection

Dr. John Ogden Caribbean and Coral Reef collection

Media Type

Color slides

Identifier

O19-00168

Recommended Citation

Ogden, John C., "Artificial Reef Made of Cinder Blocks" (1978). Binder 07: Photographs and Images. Image 80.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/ogden7_images/80