In December 2022, Marine Science Camp students as part of the GeoTenerife training programme began to document the coastal and marine environment, see here, and highlighted the need for furtherstudy. Here is a summary of the student’s results:
Vegetation: Native and endangered species within the Cardonal-tabaibal shrub community, and species of birds and invertebrates dependent on these plants for habitat.
Geology: Volcanic deposits of large explosive eruptions: Fañabé and the Adeje eruptions which occurred around 1.5 Million years ago.
Birds: The vast majority of the bird species observed at El Puertito are protected by local, national and EU laws including the Canary Islands Chiffchaff which breeds here and the the Little Egret which migrates here.
Marine species: We observed a diverse marine environment with species of algae, sponges, fish (wrasse, Planehead filefish, parrotfish, and pufferfish), crabs, sea slugs, and the Azorean barnacle.
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