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SUBMITTER: Schmidt-Roach S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3515527 | biostudies-literature | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schmidt-Roach Sebastian S Miller Karen J KJ Woolsey Erika E Gerlach Gabriele G Baird Andrew H AH
PloS one 20121205 12
The coral genus Pocillopora is one of the few to include some species that broadcast spawn gametes and some species that brood larvae, although reports of reproductive mode and timing vary within and among species across their range. Notably, the ubiquitous Pocillopora damicornis has been described as both a brooder and spawner, although evidence of broadcast spawning is rare. Here, we report observations of broadcast-spawning in four species of Pocillopora on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), inclu ...[more]