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Ferryboat Livorno-Palermo. |
The saltworks of Trapani, waiting for the Ferry to Pantelleria...and for
the wind to calm down. |
The sampling team: Erik Caroselli, Selena Prantoni and Stefano Goffredo. |
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Pantelleria city. Views of the port. |
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Black lava stone and blue sea. |
The sampling is about to begin. |
Searching for corals. |
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Selena and Stefano looking under
overhangs for Leptopsammia pruvoti specimens. |
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Erik prepares the new multiparametric probe for measuring environmental
parameters. |
The crew is ready to go. |
Rain surprise. "I knew that I should have stayed in the diving team". :) |
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Rain was definitely heavy. |
Maria Ghelia of the Centro Immersioni Pantelleria (CIP) will collect
monthly samples to be used for reproduction studies of WP3. |
The Centro Immersioni Pantelleria collaborates with UNBO since many
years. |
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Again CIP |
Map of the Island. |
Selena and Stefano... |
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...explain to Maria all the treatment
for preserving the corals after sampling and before shipment to the
hystology labs. |
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Sample bottles. |
Collected Balanophyllia europaea. |
Stefano. |
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Stefano e Selena looking for
Caryophyllia inornata. |
Some underwater pics of Pantelleria. |
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Small overhang. |
Nightsky or cave vault? |
Leptopsammia pruvoti. |
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Quadrat sampling of Caryophyllia inornata. |
When you finish the sampling bottles, you need to find some substitute. |
Scorpion fish. |
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Caryophyllia and Leptopsammia. |
Mediterranean overhangs are
beautiful... |
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...and host many coral species. |
Astroides calycularis. |
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Erik |
A
self shot underwater. |