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Mass coral spawning in the Maldives ๐๐ชธ
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And thatโs a wrap for our coral #spawnathon2022!
HUGE thanks to @PureOceanFund & @UTSEngage for making the research possible, & to all the incredible staff @SeaSim_AIMS & UTS students @_natashabartels @Laura__Lamotta & @ChristineDRoper for making it a success โบ๏ธ๐งก๐ชธ
Many nursery corals popped for their third year of spawning since installation in 2018 alongside @HowlettLorna 's famous A.millepora 2019 out-plants going off for the second year in a row!
#GenerationRestoration
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๐ท@WavelengthReef John Edmondson
and during daylight hours @UTS_Science Masters Candidate Hadley @england_hadley was testing his in situ phenoplate (a novel method for stress testing corals) for the first time.
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๐ท@england_hadley
Aboard @WavelengthReef we had @UTS_Science PhD Candidate @ChristineDRoper busy collecting data for her research comparing physical characteristics of eggs released from wild and nursery colonies.
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๐ท@ChristineDRoper
The CNP team witnessed bushy, bottlebrush, digitate Acroporas, massive Porites, and some soft corals spawning! Planted colonies including A. humilis, A. millepora, & other bushy Acroporas spawned (some were only ~20cm diameter)
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๐ฝ๏ธ@ChristineDRoper @WavelengthReef
@WavelengthReef on site for golden hour to witness egg bundles ready for take off.
"Overall it was a large spawning event (the biggest I've seen in 6 yrs) which is super exciting to witness but also a great sign for natural regeneration"- @ChristineDRoper &๐ท
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Watch as Montipora capitata (Rice Coral) release egg/sperm bundles during June #spawnathon2022 viewed from below in tanks at the @CoralResilience and on the surface in Kฤneสปohe Bay.
Video footage from @CoralResilience.
June #spawnathon2022 as viewed from below (our tanks @himb_soest) and above (Kฤneสปohe Bay)
Thanks to our research assistants Jasmine Chang and Elena Mujica for the footage
Weโve had some early success for #Spawnathon2022! Last month we produced over 1 million Montipora capitata (Rice Coral) larvae. Weโre looking forward to Round 2 next week!
Here are a few of the experiments we are attempting this summer spawning season:
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