post runoffs (10/5 -10/6/2022)survey

Water temperature 83.8F 10:30 local time.

The coral reef appears unaffected by the surface sediment as seen on October 06, 2022 ( see here). This is consistent with the previous observations of runoffs except for the August 17, 2015 flash flood that covered the entire inner harbor reef with silt.

The most obvious indication is almost all collector sea urchins near shore have donned new small sticks they collected. The dark brown or reddish mud is absent in the area survey. The sand was covered with small branches and little sticks.

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