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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Determining when corals reproduce has clear management and economic implications
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Acropora colonies were sampled before the full moon on 15 February 2014 to determine their reproductive condition
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Any reports and responses or comments on the article can be found at the end of the article. Acropora colonies were sampled before the full moon on 15 February 2014 to determine their reproductive condition. The Acropora typically reproduce at much the same time as most other broadcast spawning scleractinian corals[10,11] and we predict that many other species will be spawning in February and March in Socotra. Our results confirm previous anecdotal reports of coral spawning on Socotra in February and March[6]. These data add to a growing body of evidence indicating that
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