Showing posts with label labrador. Show all posts
Showing posts with label labrador. Show all posts
Jan 12, 2013
Labrador (11 Jan 2013)
Pei Yan and I are back on Labrador to check up on the seagrasses here.
Some parts of this beleaguered shore still has good growths of seagrasses and they were blooming!
Nov 15, 2012
Labrador (14 Nov 2012)
My first time seeing the fruits of Spoon seagrass (Halophila ovalis)!
The highlight of our monitoring trip to Labrador to check up on seagrasses there.
Jul 6, 2012
Labrador (6 Jul 2012)
Siti and I monitor the seagrasses at Labrador early this morning.
Labrador is one of the last few shores on the mainland with good growths of seagrasses, and it has been affected by the massive reclamation for the new Pasir Panjang container terminal (seen on the horizon in this photo).
May 23, 2012
Labrador (23 May 2012)
Finally, I got a chance to monitor the seagrasses at Labrador shore.
Labrador is one of the last few shores on the mainland with good growths of seagrasses, and it has been affected by the massive reclamation for the new Pasir Panjang container terminal (seen on the horizon in this photo).
May 19, 2009
Labrador Angels off to a flying start!
The new teams of Labrador Angels have accomplished so much in just their first visit!
The teams will not only monitor the seagrasses at Labrador, but also look after the overall health of the shore and engage in clean up on the shore! Fantastic!
There are two teams of Angels now:
First team: Grace Cheong, Jin Yifeng and Zenia Quek.
Second team: Goh Hua Zhen, Regina Lau and Tan Li Ying.
Last week, the new teams got their new booties wet. They got an introduction to the shores from Mr Lim, and also picked up 3kg of rubbish which consisted of styrofoam, plastic bottles and other non-biodegradable materials. Unfortunately, they also saw some pollution.
Read more about their work on their Labrador blog.
Unfortunately, there were no photos of the new teams.
So here's an old photo of Mr Lim, their intrepid leader, with Len from SeagrassWatch HQ when they were recently on Labrador.
We're looking forward to hearing more about the adventures of the new Labrador Angels!
The teams will not only monitor the seagrasses at Labrador, but also look after the overall health of the shore and engage in clean up on the shore! Fantastic!
There are two teams of Angels now:
First team: Grace Cheong, Jin Yifeng and Zenia Quek.
Second team: Goh Hua Zhen, Regina Lau and Tan Li Ying.
Last week, the new teams got their new booties wet. They got an introduction to the shores from Mr Lim, and also picked up 3kg of rubbish which consisted of styrofoam, plastic bottles and other non-biodegradable materials. Unfortunately, they also saw some pollution.
Read more about their work on their Labrador blog.
Unfortunately, there were no photos of the new teams.
So here's an old photo of Mr Lim, their intrepid leader, with Len from SeagrassWatch HQ when they were recently on Labrador.We're looking forward to hearing more about the adventures of the new Labrador Angels!
May 13, 2009
Seagrass Watch at Labrador
Len and Rudi are back from Bali! They stopped over for a while and Siti kidnapped Len to show him Labrador. Unfortunately, Rudi wasn't feeling too well this morning. We hope he's feeling better now.
Also with us today was Cheng Puay aka Mr Lim who has been valiantly leading his young ladies from RGS in monitoring and learning about this special mainland seagrass meadow. And Ben joined us later.
Labrador has our only large meadows of Sickle seagrass (Thalassia hemprichii) on the mainland. In the photo above, Len, Cheng Puay and Siti are standing in the middle of the meadow of this seagrass. There is also a smaller patch further along the shore.
Len says our Sickle seagrasses are looking good and in fact have more blades that usual. Wow! That's good to know!
Various animals are found growing in the meadows, such as these colonial anemones or zoanthids.
And this encrusting blue sponge that has flat spatula-like flaps.
We also take a look at some of the other species of seagrasses on this shore. Like the very long Tape seagrass (Enhalus acoroides).
Len points out how Tape seagrass sometimes grows in a circle like the one above. He's not sure why they do this. He also tells us that the male flowers only 'bloom', i.e. the bracts release the tiny male flowers, when the water level is low enough that the temperate is just right.
There's also lots of Spoon seagrasses (Halophila ovalis) on the higher shores, here in the foreground of the above photo.
They are mostly doing quite nicely, with fresh green leaves.
But I came across some that look like this. Len says this is probably because they were heat stressed, which causes them to lose their chlorophyll and thus to eventually die. Oh dear.
There's also lots of seaweeds on the shores today. 
Len also takes a closer look at them. And we discuss the difference between these two seaweeds that are naughty and sometimes make us think they are seagrasses. Siti will be very quick to scold and tell us they are NOT grass!
These two kinds of seaweeds are often confused for one another:
On the left is Caulerpa taxifolia, while on the right is Caulerpa sertularioides. They are quite easily distinguished if you can look at both at the same time.
Caulerpa taxifolia has a very flat central 'stem' and flat 'branches'. The branch narrows where it joins the central stem creating a tiny gap. While Caulerpa sertularioides has a cylindrical central 'stem' and cylindrical 'branches'.
But both are NOT seagrasses!!
Len also shared some ideas for monitoring Labrador with Mr Lim taking lots of notes.
We are looking forward to more exciting happenings in monitoring of Labrador, involving light and temperature loggers and other cool gadgets. You can read all about their adventures on their Labrador blog.
Thank you Len once again for being so patient and sharing so much for our shores!
I came a little earlier to check up on the state of Labrador. More of what I saw on the wild shores of singapore blog.
Also with us today was Cheng Puay aka Mr Lim who has been valiantly leading his young ladies from RGS in monitoring and learning about this special mainland seagrass meadow. And Ben joined us later.Labrador has our only large meadows of Sickle seagrass (Thalassia hemprichii) on the mainland. In the photo above, Len, Cheng Puay and Siti are standing in the middle of the meadow of this seagrass. There is also a smaller patch further along the shore.
Len says our Sickle seagrasses are looking good and in fact have more blades that usual. Wow! That's good to know!
Various animals are found growing in the meadows, such as these colonial anemones or zoanthids.
And this encrusting blue sponge that has flat spatula-like flaps.
We also take a look at some of the other species of seagrasses on this shore. Like the very long Tape seagrass (Enhalus acoroides).
Len points out how Tape seagrass sometimes grows in a circle like the one above. He's not sure why they do this. He also tells us that the male flowers only 'bloom', i.e. the bracts release the tiny male flowers, when the water level is low enough that the temperate is just right.
There's also lots of Spoon seagrasses (Halophila ovalis) on the higher shores, here in the foreground of the above photo.
They are mostly doing quite nicely, with fresh green leaves.
But I came across some that look like this. Len says this is probably because they were heat stressed, which causes them to lose their chlorophyll and thus to eventually die. Oh dear.
There's also lots of seaweeds on the shores today. 
Len also takes a closer look at them. And we discuss the difference between these two seaweeds that are naughty and sometimes make us think they are seagrasses. Siti will be very quick to scold and tell us they are NOT grass!These two kinds of seaweeds are often confused for one another:
On the left is Caulerpa taxifolia, while on the right is Caulerpa sertularioides. They are quite easily distinguished if you can look at both at the same time.
Caulerpa taxifolia has a very flat central 'stem' and flat 'branches'. The branch narrows where it joins the central stem creating a tiny gap. While Caulerpa sertularioides has a cylindrical central 'stem' and cylindrical 'branches'.But both are NOT seagrasses!!
Len also shared some ideas for monitoring Labrador with Mr Lim taking lots of notes.
We are looking forward to more exciting happenings in monitoring of Labrador, involving light and temperature loggers and other cool gadgets. You can read all about their adventures on their Labrador blog.Thank you Len once again for being so patient and sharing so much for our shores!
I came a little earlier to check up on the state of Labrador. More of what I saw on the wild shores of singapore blog.
Feb 24, 2009
Last Labrador monitoring: seagrass has turned brown!
The Seagrass Angels Danielle, Jolyn, Xinyi made their last trip to Labrador to check out the seagrasses there.
Alas, they discovered that many of the Thalassia had turned brown!
Read all about their trip on their labrador blog.
Alas, they discovered that many of the Thalassia had turned brown!Read all about their trip on their labrador blog.
Feb 14, 2009
Labrador: last monitoring
The Labrador Angels just did their last monitoring of the seagrasses there. Unfortunately they have some sad news to report:
Read more on their Labrador blog.
See also Kok Sheng's entry about his recent trip there on his wonderful creations blog.
More blog entries about Labrador.
Compared to our last few trips, however, we have very bad news! The seagrass meadow, especially the Thalassia Hemprichii that is closer to the shore were almost completely black and rough with white patches, we have no idea why that is the case.
Read more on their Labrador blog.
See also Kok Sheng's entry about his recent trip there on his wonderful creations blog.
More blog entries about Labrador.
Oct 21, 2008
Labrador angels at work (16 Oct 08)
The young seagrassers have done another monitoring session at Labrador and in their post explain the difference between silt, fine sand and shell. Read more about it on their labrador blog.
They are also preparing a booth at Clean and Green Singapore 2008 (CGS 2008) at the Marina Barrage from the 31st Oct (Friday) to 2nd Nov (Sunday)! Do come and support them!
They are also preparing a booth at Clean and Green Singapore 2008 (CGS 2008) at the Marina Barrage from the 31st Oct (Friday) to 2nd Nov (Sunday)! Do come and support them!
Oct 14, 2008
Seagrasses at Labrador
The young seagrassers have uploaded a fact sheet on Sickle seagrass (Thalassia hemprichii), one of our special seagrasses found at Labrador.
As well as Tape seagrass (Enhalus acoroides), the longest seagrass found on our shores.
Go to their Labrador blog for more details!
As well as Tape seagrass (Enhalus acoroides), the longest seagrass found on our shores.Go to their Labrador blog for more details!
Sep 14, 2008
Young seagrassers update with fact sheets on Labrador
The intrepid young seagrassers at Labrador have just uploaded a fact sheet on Spoon seagrasses Halophila ovalis and common seaweed Ulva. Go have a look!
Aug 12, 2008
Labrador monitoring (3 Aug)
The young seagrassers were out early in the morning for another monitoring session with the long-suffering Mr Lim.
Among their interesting finds was this female swimming crab.
They commented ...
Read all about their trip on their labrador blog
Among their interesting finds was this female swimming crab.
They commented ...Too bad Mr Lim didn’t elaborate on how he knew it was a female crab and not a male! We shall ask him next time (: What’s scary is how once it is on the sand, it camouflages itself so well that we wonder how many millions of crabs we could have stepped on whenever we walk around on the seagrass patch!
Read all about their trip on their labrador blog
Jul 14, 2008
Seagrassers at Labrador
The young ladies are back on Labrador to check out the seagrasses there.
Among their interesting finds was a velcro crab!
Visit their Labrador blog for more about their efforts!
Among their interesting finds was a velcro crab!
Visit their Labrador blog for more about their efforts!
Jun 20, 2008
New team at Labrador seagrass monitoring!
A new team has started monitoring Labrador again! The indomitable Mr Lim continues to lead in the fray.
Read all about their trip and what they saw and learnt on their Labrador blog. We hope soon they will post a photo of the new team too! :-)
Read all about their trip and what they saw and learnt on their Labrador blog. We hope soon they will post a photo of the new team too! :-)
May 2, 2008
Labrador Angels move on ...
Their Labrador project has come to an end, but the ladies continue with seagrasses as they join TeamSeagrass!
They'll be joining us at our Semakau monitoring next week, together with their long-suffering teacher, Mr Lim. So let's give them all a good halo-phila welcome!
Meanwhile, the Labrador project will continue with a new team to cover two aspects of seagrasses there! Bravo to the intrepid Mr Lim!
Read more about it on the Labrador Park blog.
They'll be joining us at our Semakau monitoring next week, together with their long-suffering teacher, Mr Lim. So let's give them all a good halo-phila welcome!Meanwhile, the Labrador project will continue with a new team to cover two aspects of seagrasses there! Bravo to the intrepid Mr Lim!
Read more about it on the Labrador Park blog.
Nov 1, 2007
Sentosa (27 Oct 07) and Labrador (1 Nov 07)
The Labrador Angels were back on the shore for a successful monitoring. Read all about it on their labrador blog. This trip was to make up for their earlier trip, which was rather a bit less of a success because they forgot to bring the transect squares...oops.
TeamSeagrass also monitored Sentosa a few days earlier. But I wasn't there so no photos. Siti says all went well.
TeamSeagrass also monitored Sentosa a few days earlier. But I wasn't there so no photos. Siti says all went well.
Aug 19, 2007
TeamSeagrass Angels at Labrador
This morning, Siti and I joined the Seagrass Angels at Labrador Beach with their teacher Mr Lim Cheng Puay.
It wasn't really low tide. In fact, it was rather high!
But still this dedicated team came down to do some measurements.
There were lots of big waves as really humungous ships passed by, as well as lots of little boats.
But still intrepid team worked on.
And when it was all done, we took a group photo.
Oops, Mr Lim is obscured here.
Ah, here's a better photo.
For a better idea of what the young ladies were doing, see their labrador park blog, now relocated to a new site. Ladies, we weren't laughing at you. We were just too lame to get wet above our ankles. And the tide was really high then :-)
Alas, poor Labrador Beach is rather beat up by construction right on it.
A cofferdam has been built on one end of it for the construction of submarine cables to Pulau Bukom. This is in preparation for reclamation for an extension of the Pasir Panjang Container Terminals.
The work includes extensive dredging with really huge machines. Here is one dredger parked just off the Labrador Jetty on the Beach.
It's quite a large thing.
Other stresses on the Beach include irresponsible beach visitors.
I came across these leftovers from a party. It looked like the partygoers just walked away leaving everything behind! These plastic and other litter will probably be blown into the sea and on the shore if some poor cleaner didn't come by soon to tidy up. Sigh.
There have also been several massive landslides on the Beach.
More about what's happening to the Beach on the wildfilms blog
TeamSeagrass monitoring on the Beach will help to keep track on the impact on all these on our marine life. The Seagrass Angels will share what they have discovered during the TeamSeagrass Orientation on 22 Sep 07 (here's more details of the event).
You CAN make a difference for our shores. Join TeamSeagrass!
It wasn't really low tide. In fact, it was rather high!
But still this dedicated team came down to do some measurements.
There were lots of big waves as really humungous ships passed by, as well as lots of little boats.
But still intrepid team worked on.
And when it was all done, we took a group photo.Oops, Mr Lim is obscured here.
Ah, here's a better photo.
For a better idea of what the young ladies were doing, see their labrador park blog, now relocated to a new site. Ladies, we weren't laughing at you. We were just too lame to get wet above our ankles. And the tide was really high then :-)Alas, poor Labrador Beach is rather beat up by construction right on it.
A cofferdam has been built on one end of it for the construction of submarine cables to Pulau Bukom. This is in preparation for reclamation for an extension of the Pasir Panjang Container Terminals.The work includes extensive dredging with really huge machines. Here is one dredger parked just off the Labrador Jetty on the Beach.
It's quite a large thing.
Other stresses on the Beach include irresponsible beach visitors.
I came across these leftovers from a party. It looked like the partygoers just walked away leaving everything behind! These plastic and other litter will probably be blown into the sea and on the shore if some poor cleaner didn't come by soon to tidy up. Sigh.There have also been several massive landslides on the Beach.
More about what's happening to the Beach on the wildfilms blogTeamSeagrass monitoring on the Beach will help to keep track on the impact on all these on our marine life. The Seagrass Angels will share what they have discovered during the TeamSeagrass Orientation on 22 Sep 07 (here's more details of the event).
You CAN make a difference for our shores. Join TeamSeagrass!
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