[Coral-List] re: Flower Garden Banks NMS coral spawning observations

[Emma Hickerson]

Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico
Coral spawning observations
August 25&26, 2005
Cruise curtailed by Hurricane Katrina
4 research vessels, 9 observers

August 25, 2005
Montastraea franksi  2119 to 2145   26 colonies
M. faveolata  2221 to 2306   7 colonies
M. annularis  2223 to 2256   2 colonies
M. cavernosa  2055 to 2125   17 male colonies
M. cavernosa  2059 to 2120    12 female colonies
Diploria strigosa   2120 to 2213   3 colonies


August 26, 2005
M. franksi   2100 to 2202   66 colonies
M. faveolata    2251 to 2308    23 colonies
M. annularis    2246    1 colony
M. cavernosa   2045 to 2145   4 male colony
M. cavernosa   2045 to 2145   4 female colonies
Stephanocoenia intersepta   2208 to 2223    23 male colonies
S. intersepta    2218 to 2222    18 female colonies
D. strigosa    2100 to 2215    22 colonies

Emma L Hickerson (FGBNMS)
G.P. Schmahl (FGBNMS)
Doug Weaver (FGBNMS)
Dr. Peter Vize (University of Calgary)
Jennifer DeBose (Univesity of California - Davis)
Eric Borneman (University of Houston)

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Emma L. Hickerson
Research Coordinator
emma.hickerson at noaa.gov

Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary
1200 Briarcrest Drive, Ste. 4000
Bryan, TX  77802
PH:  979-846-5942, ext. 111
FAX:  979-846-5959
flowergarden.noaa.gov
sanctuaries.noaa.gov


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