[Coral-List] Acropora cervicornis spawning

Eric Borneman eborneman at uh.edu
Mon Aug 13 08:40:43 EDT 2007


Hi Alina:

Thanks for the information and I was aware of that. The branches were  
20-30cm and the polyps at the base of the branch of the largest  
colonies in the area were  the ones examined.

Best,

Eric


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On Aug 12, 2007, at 10:15 PM, Szmant, Alina wrote:

> Hi Eric:
>
> How far down the branches did you look?  The polyps are sterile  
> until ca. 8-10 cm away from the tips.  Only branches longer than  
> 10-15 cm are reproductive.
>
> Best,
>
> Alina
>
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> From: coral-list-bounces at coral.aoml.noaa.gov on behalf of Eric  
> Borneman
> Sent: Sun 8/12/2007 8:13 AM
> To: Hernandez Edwin
> Cc: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov; Joselyd
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] Acropora cervicornis spawning
>
>
>
> Dear list:
>
> During the 3rd SECORE workshop (www.secore.org), we checked on mature
> branches of A. cervicornis at Bajo Gallardo and from colonies in
> Rincon, Puerto Rico. There were no visible gametes in the polyps and
> no spawning was observed from Aug 3-9.
>
> Best
>
> Eric Borneman
>
>
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> Eric Borneman
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> University of Houston
> Science and Research Bldg. II
> 4800 Calhoun Rd.
> Houston, TX 77204-5001
>
>
>
>
> On Aug 5, 2007, at 4:31 PM, Hernandez Edwin wrote:
>
>> Saludos, Joselyd and Coral listers:
>>
>>   We checked on Acropora cervicornis spawning activity in our coral
>> farms, as well as in wild colonies in Culebra Island, between the
>> 4th and 6th evenings after this full moon. Reefs were inspected
>> between 20:30 and 23:00 approx. each evening. No spawning activity
>> was observed.
>>
>>   Cheers.
>>
>>   Edwin
>>
>>
>> Edwin A. Hernández-Delgado, Ph.D.
>> Affiliate Researcher
>>
>> University of Puerto Rico
>> Department of Biology
>> Coral Reef Research Group
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