Experimental corals were artificially damaged using a waterpik with lesion centroids separated by 1.2cm, 3.5cm, and 6cm (or no damage for the control), and buoyantly weighed. After 20 and 39 days, corals were re-weighed to determine buoyant mass and skeletal growth. Coral lesions were also photographed and images analyzed to assess the % of lesion with regenerated tissue.
Experimental corals were artificially damaged using a waterpik with lesion centroids separated by 1.2cm, 3.5cm, and 6cm (or no damage for the control), and buoyantly weighed. After 20 and 39 days, corals were re-weighed to determine buoyant mass and skeletal growth. Coral lesions were also photographed and images analyzed to assess the % of lesion with regenerated tissue. Buoyant weight was determined by hanging the coral beneath a balance suspended in seawater and using equations factoring in skeletal density, seawater temperature, and a reference weight to determine the skeletal weight.
Hamman, E. (2019) Effect of distance between coral lesions on tissue regeneration and skeletal growth at two sites on the backreef on either side of Cook’s Bay in Moorea, French Polynesia from May, 2012 through July, 2012. Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 1) Version Date 2019-09-19 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. doi:10.1575/1912/bco-dmo.777110.1 [access date]
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