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The reproductive season of Acropora in Socotra, Yemen [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
F1000Research, Vol.3, pp.1-8
09/04/2014
PMCID: PMC4095572
PMID: 25075295
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Abstract
Determining when corals reproduce has clear management and economic implications. Here we document the reproductive condition of corals in the genus Acropora on the island of Socotra in Yemen during February 2014. Twenty percent of colonies (n = 143) contained mature gametes and 28% had immature gametes indicating that spawning will occur in both February and March in 2014, confirming previous anecdotal reports of coral spawning at this time in Socotra. Acropora typically reproduce in synchrony with many other broadcast spawning scleractinian corals, and we therefore predict that many other species are reproductively active at this time of year.
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- Title
- The reproductive season of Acropora in Socotra, Yemen [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
- Creators
- Andrew H Baird (Author) - James Cook UniversityDavid Abrego (Author) - Zayed UniversityEmily J Howells (Author) - New York University Abu DhabiVivian R Cumbo (Author) - James Cook University
- Publication Details
- F1000Research, Vol.3, pp.1-8
- Publisher
- Faculty of 1000 Ltd.
- Grant note
- Funding was provided by the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies COE561432 (AHB).
- Identifiers
- 991012888597302368
- Copyright
- © 2014 Baird AH et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Data associated with the article are available under the terms of the Creative Commons Zero "No rights reserved" data waiver (CC0 1.0 Public domain dedication).
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Science and Engineering; National Marine Science Centre; Science
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article