Coral Reef Species & Ecology

The Coral Life Cycle

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My niece is at the age where she's asking lots and lots of questions. She's especially interested in learning about how different animal young are born. She recently asked me about baby fish and I'll admit I was stumped. So I had to do some research to answer her questions. I love it when she thinks of these great questions! Taking that line of questioning into account, I decided that the next section for my coloring book should be all about coral babies would be a fun thing to learn - for me as well as my niece!

Coral Reef Species & Ecology

An Introduction to Coral

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I've decided to add a section to my coloring book about coral. This decision came about while I was talking to my mom (who is going to be joining us on the upcoming snorkeling trip) and telling her about some exciting new study on coral I had read. She stopped me to ask, "So why is coral in trouble right now? I know that it is, but I'm not really sure why." As I began to explain what coral bleaching is, I quickly realized I needed to pause and first cover some coral basics so we could have a common understanding to build on. This section of the coloring book is intended to help give my neice and the rest of my family (and anyone else who's interested) some common knowledge about coral so we can talk about all the problems facing coral right now.

Biology, Coral Reef Species & Ecology

The Parrotfish Family

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I finally finished the Parrotfish collection! This is the third installation of my fish coloring book featuring several species of Parrotfish - many of which are a very common sight when snorkeling, diving, or even just walking along the docks! I think my niece will really enjoy these fish - especially because they big enough to be easy to spot - even for a 6-year-old newbie snorkeler. Not only are Parrotfish a fairly common sight, but I think they are also some of the most beautiful fish I've seen and should be a lot of fun to color!

Biology, Coral Reef Species & Ecology

The Butterflyfish Family

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This collection of Butterflyfish make up the second installation of my fish coloring book. My plan for this coloring book is to represent either fish that my niece would be most likely to see when snorkeling or fish that would be fun to color. While I'm not sure we'll be so lucky as to get to see butterfly fish while snorkeling (fingers crossed), I think Butterfly fish are really beautiful and definitely meet the second criteria!