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| Ferryboat Livorno-Palermo. |
The saltworks of Trapani, waiting for the Ferry to Pantelleria...and for
the wind to calm down.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Maria Ghelia of the Centro Immersioni Pantelleria (CIP) will collect
monthly samples to be used for reproduction studies of WP3.
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The Centro Immersioni Pantelleria collaborates with UNBO since many years. |
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| Again CIP |
Map of the Island.
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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.
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Collected Balanophyllia europaea. | Stefano. |
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Stefano e Selena looking for
Caryophyllia inornata.
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Some underwater pics of Pantelleria. | |
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Small overhang.
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Nightsky or cave vault? | Leptopsammia pruvoti. |
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Quadrat sampling of Caryophyllia inornata.
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When you finish the sampling bottles, you need to find some substitute. | Scorpion fish. |
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Caryophyllia and Leptopsammia.
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Mediterranean overhangs are beautiful... | |
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| ...and host many coral species. |
Astroides calycularis.
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| Erik | A
self shot underwater.
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