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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>To add to Pauline-Fiene Severns observations on
the spawning cycles of Pocilloporids at Molokini Crater, Hawai'i: I saw
three Pocilloporids (Pocillopora verrucosa?) releasing sperm about 1030-1100 on
June 22, 1997 at Chiibishi reef. It was the day after a full moon on 21
June 1997. I was a guest of Prof. Rob van Woesik's class on a boat dive at
Chiibishi Reef about 14 km west-northwest of Naha, Okinawa, approx 26 degrees 15
minutes N. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2> Most on the dive did not to
get to see these significant events. However, I was paired up with Akiyuki
and it was he who astutely spotted the "smoking" scleractinians.
We noticed the first colony releasing sperm at 8 meters depth, and later in the
dive two more colonies at 6.4 meters depth. Water temperature was 26 C/78
F. Low tide had been at 0736 and high tide was scheduled for
1421.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Keven Reed, O.D., FAAO<BR>Naval Medical Clinic
Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i<BR>FAX: (808) 473-1882<BR>email: <A
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