[Coral-List] Request for Information re: resistance of Pocillopora meandrina to high seawater temperatures

[Lance Smith - NOAA Federal]

Thank you Gonalo, this is indeed helpful, as I knew virtually nothing about
how the 2016 bleaching affected Moorea's corals. I would be interested in
learning more about whether what you describe was typical of the other
islands in the archipelago - is there someone that you would recommend I
ask about that? Thanks again, Lance

On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 9:51 AM Gonzalo Pérez-Rosales Blanch <
gonzalo.prb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Lance and Hector,
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> In Moorea, French Polynesia most Pocilloporas (*P. meandrina and P.
> verrucosa*) suffered a bit of heat stress during the bleaching of 2016
> (not even the colonies turning white). So as far as I am concern, mortality
> was nearly 0 and now they are the two species that dominate Polynesian
> shallow water landscapes.
> However, I don’t know to what extent we can interpret this as high thermal
> tolerance because bleaching was not severe in this region.
>
> I hope this results useful to you,
> Gonzalo
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> *Gonzalo PÉREZ-ROSALES BLANCH*
> Ph.D. Student, École Pratique des Hautes Études - PSL
> CRIOBE (CNRS-EPHE-UPVD) - Laboratoire d’Excellence “CORAIL”
> BP 1013, Papetoai, 98729 - MOOREA - POLYNESIE FRANÇAISE
> gonzalo.prb at gmail.com
> gonzalo.perez-rosales at ephe.psl.eu
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