With kind permission and company of NParks friends, we surveyed this interesting shore next to Labrador MRT station with mangroves, rocky shore, seagrass meadows and sandy shores!
Today, a small team checked it out. The seagrasses are doing well, but it seems a little quiet with fewer animals seen compared to our surveys in Oct 2021 and Nov 2020.
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15 August 2022
Labrador still doing well
Labrador is our last natural mainland reef, located next to the massive Pasir Panjang container terminal and near petrochemical plants on Pulau Bukom.
With permission from NParks, a small team checked it out this morning. Nice to know that there seems to be some healthy looking leathery soft corals, some small hard corals. Also great to see the common sea anemones are still there. There were also special finds like horseshoe crabs, a rare chiton and a Nat Geo moment with a flatworm.
Kelvin captured a flatworm chasing and eating a bristleworm! A truly Nat Geo moment.
The seagrass situation seems good. Labrador has been the stronghold for long Tape seagrasses. Elsewhere on our shores, since the early 2010s, they are cropped short and in some places, disappeared. It seems the Tape seagrasses still have long leaves today. Sickle seagrass seem to still grow thickly at the entrance to the shore, between the seawall and the jetty. Lush patches of Spoon seagrass (with small leaves) seem to still be growing on the mid-water mark all along the shore. There was, however, a thick bloom of Hairy green seaweed.
Thanks to the team for checking up on the shore and for their fabulous finds and photos!
Photo albums of the team who surveyed Labrador
Che Cheng Neo
James Koh
Kelvin Yong
Tammy Lim
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Collage of photos taken by team members |
Kelvin captured a flatworm chasing and eating a bristleworm! A truly Nat Geo moment.
The seagrass situation seems good. Labrador has been the stronghold for long Tape seagrasses. Elsewhere on our shores, since the early 2010s, they are cropped short and in some places, disappeared. It seems the Tape seagrasses still have long leaves today. Sickle seagrass seem to still grow thickly at the entrance to the shore, between the seawall and the jetty. Lush patches of Spoon seagrass (with small leaves) seem to still be growing on the mid-water mark all along the shore. There was, however, a thick bloom of Hairy green seaweed.
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Collage of photos taken by team members |
Photo albums of the team who surveyed Labrador
Che Cheng Neo
James Koh
Kelvin Yong
Tammy Lim
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labrador
14 August 2022
Terumbu Hantu still lovely
On one of the last morning low spring tides of the year, we land at first light on a tiny submerged reef next to Pulau Hantu.
This little gem is one of our favourite sites, with lots of corals and other amazing marine life. Kelvin flew the drone and saw sea turtle, large fishes and more.
This little gem is one of our favourite sites, with lots of corals and other amazing marine life. Kelvin flew the drone and saw sea turtle, large fishes and more.
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field-trips,
hantu
13 August 2022
Lush seagrasses and coral garden at East Coast Park
A reef has settled at a seawall on the other side of Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal next to the East Coast PCN. While one of our nicest seagrass patches is growing at the mouth of a canal here.
We surveyed this shore as well as the nearby shore opposite East Coast NSRCC.
We surveyed this shore as well as the nearby shore opposite East Coast NSRCC.
12 August 2022
Small Sisters Island still lively
We survey Small Sisters Island on a moonlit morning.
These living shores lies a few minutes from the City Centre, lighted up on the right of the photo.
These living shores lies a few minutes from the City Centre, lighted up on the right of the photo.
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field-trips,
sisters
11 August 2022
Punggol is still alive!
A small team surveys the living shores of Punggol this morning.They find rare anemones that are only common on this shore. Sea fans, reef fish, nudibranch and other amazing marinelife!
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field-trips,
punggol
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