Dataset: Pocillopora coral spawning times and species identifications in Moorea French Polynesia 2022 - 2024

Name: Pocillopora coral spawning times and species identifications in Moorea French Polynesia 2022 - 2024
Published: 2026-06-16
Keywords: pocillopora, Coral, reproduction, spawning, cryptic species, oceans

This dataset has not been validatedFinal no updates expectedDOI: 10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.999317.1Version 1 (2026-06-16)Dataset Type:Other Field ResultsLicense:CC-BY-4.0

Principal Investigator: Hollie Putnam (University of Rhode Island)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Shannon Rauch (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Project: Coral reproduction following mass corallivore outbreak and offspring tolerance during El Nino modulates reef recovery (Corallivore and warming impacts on coral reproduction)

Abstract

Knowledge of coral gamete release is fundamental to reef ecology and evolution, but cryptic species complicate reproduction studies. In Mo'orea, French Polynesia, when corals were decimated by crown-of-thorns and a cyclone between 2007-2010, recruitment of six cryptic species of Pocillopora spp. primarily drove decadal reef recovery. Broadcast spawning for these genetically-verified species at Mo'orea is, however, undocumented in the scientific literature. We conducted in situ surveys over 58 da...

Centroid: latitude: -17.47701, longitude: -149.805671
Temporal Extent: 2022-10-09 - 2024-12-17
Moorea, French Polynesia

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Data File(s)	Type	Description	Action
999317_v1_pocillopora_spawning_ids.csv (9.59 KB)	Comma Separated Values (.csv)	Primary data file for dataset ID 999317, version 1	999317_v1_pocillopora_spawning_ids.csv View Table What is ERDDAP? SUBSET DATA VIEW TABLE CSV TSV MATLAB netCDF

Supplemental File(s)	Type	Description	Action
999317_v1_pocillopora_spawning_timing.csv (1.27 KB)	Comma Separated Values (.csv)	Supplemental file for dataset ID 999317, version 1. Contains data documenting the start time of spawning for each species and each day of observation. Column name, Description, Units, BCO-DMO Standard Name, Data Type: Species,mtORF and PocHistone genetic marker determined species identification,unitless,species,String Date,Date of observation,date,date,Date,%Y-%m-%d Moon,Lunar period of ob...	999317_v1_pocillopora_spawning_timing.csv
999317_v1_pocillopora_spawning_yes_no.csv (16.66 KB)	Comma Separated Values (.csv)	Supplemental file for dataset ID 999317, version 1. Contains data documenting the presence (yes) or the absence (no) of spawning for each day of observation. Column name, Description, Units, BCO-DMO Standard Name, Data Type: Species,mtORF and PocHistone genetic marker determined species identification,unitless,species,String Year,Year of observation ,unitless,year,Integer Month,Month of observat...	999317_v1_pocillopora_spawning_yes_no.csv

Files

Filename: 999317_v1_pocillopora_spawning_ids.csv (9.59 KB)
Type: Comma Separated Values (.csv)

Description:

Primary data file for dataset ID 999317, version 1

999317_v1_pocillopora_spawning_ids.csv View Table

Supplemental Files

Filename: 999317_v1_pocillopora_spawning_timing.csv (1.27 KB)
Type: Comma Separated Values (.csv)

Description:

Supplemental file for dataset ID 999317, version 1. Contains data documenting the start time of spawning for each species and each day of observation. Column name, Description, Units, BCO-DMO Standard Name, Data Type: Species,mtORF and PocHisto...

999317_v1_pocillopora_spawning_timing.csv

Filename: 999317_v1_pocillopora_spawning_yes_no.csv (16.66 KB)
Type: Comma Separated Values (.csv)

Description:

Supplemental file for dataset ID 999317, version 1. Contains data documenting the presence (yes) or the absence (no) of spawning for each day of observation. Column name, Description, Units, BCO-DMO Standard Name, Data Type: Species,mtORF and PocHi...

999317_v1_pocillopora_spawning_yes_no.csv

All observations were made while snorkeling in ~3 meters (m), with a minimum of two observers in the water. Observers were positioned to simultaneously visualize multiple morphologies with the goal of observing five common lagoon species (P. effusa, P. grandis, P. meandrina, P. verrucosa, and P. tuahiniensis). Coral spawning observations were documented as follows: (1) photographs of each colony were taken during or following spawning (Canon G7X MarkII); (2) colonies were tagged and geolocated via GPS (Garmin GPSMAP 64); (3) biopsies were collected from each tagged colony in sterile Whirlpaks; and (4) where possible, gametes were collected from the water next to the colonies when the spawning phenomenon begins, by creating a siphon system using plastic bottles. After collecting eggs and sperm from different colonies (one bottle per colony), the bottles used for collection were poured into larger reservoirs (~5 liter bottles) to facilitate genetic mixing, as well as fertilization as soon as possible directly on a boat.

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Dataset: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/5GEQD
Relationship Description:

The related dataset is all of the data and code as well as images and sequence files for the manuscript.

Harnay, P., Turner, A., Burgess, S., & Putnam, H. (2023). Pocillopora spawning in Moʻorea, French Polynesia. OSF. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/5GEQD

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Results

Harnay, P., Turner, A., Burgess, S., & Putnam, H. (2023). Daytime broadcast spawning in cryptic Pocillopora species at Mo’orea, French Polynesia. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.10.05.558016

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Dataset: Pocillopora coral spawning times and species identifications in Moorea French Polynesia 2022 - 2024

This dataset has not been validatedFinal no updates expectedDOI: 10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.999317.1Version 1 (2026-06-16)Dataset Type:Other Field ResultsLicense:CC-BY-4.0

Principal Investigator: Hollie Putnam (University of Rhode Island)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Shannon Rauch (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Project: Coral reproduction following mass corallivore outbreak and offspring tolerance during El Nino modulates reef recovery (Corallivore and warming impacts on coral reproduction)

Abstract

Centroid: latitude: -17.47701, longitude: -149.805671
Temporal Extent: 2022-10-09 - 2024-12-17
Moorea, French Polynesia

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Data File(s)	Type	Description	Action
999317_v1_pocillopora_spawning_ids.csv (9.59 KB)	Comma Separated Values (.csv)	Primary data file for dataset ID 999317, version 1	999317_v1_pocillopora_spawning_ids.csv View Table What is ERDDAP? SUBSET DATA VIEW TABLE CSV TSV MATLAB netCDF

Supplemental File(s)	Type	Description	Action
999317_v1_pocillopora_spawning_timing.csv (1.27 KB)	Comma Separated Values (.csv)	Supplemental file for dataset ID 999317, version 1. Contains data documenting the start time of spawning for each species and each day of observation. Column name, Description, Units, BCO-DMO Standard Name, Data Type: Species,mtORF and PocHistone genetic marker determined species identification,unitless,species,String Date,Date of observation,date,date,Date,%Y-%m-%d Moon,Lunar period of ob...	999317_v1_pocillopora_spawning_timing.csv
999317_v1_pocillopora_spawning_yes_no.csv (16.66 KB)	Comma Separated Values (.csv)	Supplemental file for dataset ID 999317, version 1. Contains data documenting the presence (yes) or the absence (no) of spawning for each day of observation. Column name, Description, Units, BCO-DMO Standard Name, Data Type: Species,mtORF and PocHistone genetic marker determined species identification,unitless,species,String Year,Year of observation ,unitless,year,Integer Month,Month of observat...	999317_v1_pocillopora_spawning_yes_no.csv

Files

Filename: 999317_v1_pocillopora_spawning_ids.csv (9.59 KB)
Type: Comma Separated Values (.csv)

Description:

Primary data file for dataset ID 999317, version 1

999317_v1_pocillopora_spawning_ids.csv View Table

Supplemental Files

Filename: 999317_v1_pocillopora_spawning_timing.csv (1.27 KB)
Type: Comma Separated Values (.csv)

Description:

999317_v1_pocillopora_spawning_timing.csv

Filename: 999317_v1_pocillopora_spawning_yes_no.csv (16.66 KB)
Type: Comma Separated Values (.csv)

Description:

999317_v1_pocillopora_spawning_yes_no.csv

Related Datasets

IsRelatedTo

Dataset: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/5GEQD
Relationship Description:

The related dataset is all of the data and code as well as images and sequence files for the manuscript.

Harnay, P., Turner, A., Burgess, S., & Putnam, H. (2023). Pocillopora spawning in Moʻorea, French Polynesia. OSF. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/5GEQD

Related Publications

Results

Harnay, P., Turner, A., Burgess, S., & Putnam, H. (2023). Daytime broadcast spawning in cryptic Pocillopora species at Mo’orea, French Polynesia. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.10.05.558016

Dataset: Pocillopora coral spawning times and species identifications in Moorea French Polynesia 2022 - 2024

Principal Investigator: Hollie Putnam (University of Rhode Island)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Shannon Rauch (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Project: Coral reproduction following mass corallivore outbreak and offspring tolerance during El Nino modulates reef recovery (Corallivore and warming impacts on coral reproduction)

Abstract

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Dataset: Pocillopora coral spawning times and species identifications in Moorea French Polynesia 2022 - 2024

Principal Investigator: Hollie Putnam (University of Rhode Island)

BCO-DMO Data Manager: Shannon Rauch (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Project: Coral reproduction following mass corallivore outbreak and offspring tolerance during El Nino modulates reef recovery (Corallivore and warming impacts on coral reproduction)

Abstract

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