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Research at the Smithsonian Field Station at Carrie Bow Cay, on the Meso-American Barrier Reef in Belize

 

The spotted cleaner shrimp Periclimenes yucatanicus

 

Carrie Bow Cay as seen from the patch reef near Southwater Caye

 

The main lab building on Carrie Bow Cay

 

The scientists' quarters on Carrie Bow Cay

 



The Pederson cleaning shrimp Periclimenes pedersoni with eggs

 



The sun anemone shrimp Periclimenes rathbunae on rock next to Condylactis anemone

 

The flamingo tongue snail Cyphoma gibbosum

 

The Carrie Bow Cay Club

 

 

The spotted cleaner shrimp Periclimenes yucatanicus

 

View of the Maya Mountains after a storm on Carrie Bow Cay

 

The sun anemone shrimp Periclimenes rathbunae

 

The sun anemone shrimp Periclimenes rathbunae on the sun anemone Stichodactyla helianthus

Catamaran at Glover's Resort on Northeast Cay of Glover's Atoll

 

The yellow stingray Urobatis jamaicensis swimming among the turtle grass (genus Thalassia)

 

The Pederson cleaning shrimp Periclimenes pedersoni

 

The ocean toilets

 

The plumbing of the ocean toilet

 

Small school of the Caribbean reef squid Sepioteuthis sepioidea on a ledge in the Pelican Cayes

 

The spotted cleaner shrimp Periclimenes yucatanicus on the giant Caribbean sea anemone Condylactis gigantea

 

Research boats at sunrise after a storm

 

The peppermint shrimp Lysmata wurdermanni

 

Pelicans flying toward Carrie Bow Cay

 

Sunset view by the dive shed

 

The spotted cleaner shrimp Periclimenes yucatanicus on the giant Caribbean sea anemone Condylactis gigantea

 

 

(All photographs by Laura Bagge; contact for rights)

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