Nature
Puerto Mosquito, a bay on Vieques near Esperanza, is famed as Mosquito Bio Bay, one of Puerto Rico’s three bioluminescent bays and one of only seven in the Caribbean that glow year-round. Its bright blue flashes come from the dinoflagellate Pyrodinium bahamense when the water is disturbed. The phenomenon is sustained by warm water, the bay’s depth, a surrounding mangrove ecosystem, and limited development. Protected within the Vieques Bioluminescent Bay Natural Reserve, the bay and its mangrove forest also support all four mangrove species of the Puerto Rican archipelago and form part of an internationally recognized bird area. It was proclaimed a National Natural Landmark in 1980.
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