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An Indo-Pacific coral spawning database.

ABSTRACT: The discovery of multi-species synchronous spawning of scleractinian corals on the Great Barrier Reef in the 1980s stimulated an extraordinary effort to document spawning times in other parts of the globe. Unfortunately, most of these data remain unpublished which limits our understanding of regional and global reproductive patterns. The Coral Spawning Database (CSD) collates much of these disparate data into a single place. The CSD includes 6178 observations (3085 of which were unpublished) of the time or day of spawning for over 300 scleractinian species in 61 genera from 101 sites in the Indo-Pacific. The goal of the CSD is to provide open access to coral spawning data to accelerate our understanding of coral reproductive biology and to provide a baseline against which to evaluate any future changes in reproductive phenology.

SUBMITTER: Baird AH

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7846567 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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An Indo-Pacific coral spawning database.

Baird Andrew H AH Guest James R JR Edwards Alasdair J AJ Bauman Andrew G AG Bouwmeester Jessica J Mera Hanaka H Abrego David D Alvarez-Noriega Mariana M Babcock Russel C RC Barbosa Miguel B MB Bonito Victor V Burt John J Cabaitan Patrick C PC Chang Ching-Fong CF Chavanich Suchana S Chen Chaolun A CA Chen Chieh-Jhen CJ Chen Wei-Jen WJ Chung Fung-Chen FC Connolly Sean R SR Cumbo Vivian R VR Dornelas Maria M Doropoulos Christopher C Doropoulos Christopher C Eyal Gal G Eyal-Shaham Lee L Fadli Nur N Figueiredo Joana J Flot Jean-François JF Gan Sze-Hoon SH Gomez Elizabeth E Graham Erin M EM Grinblat Mila M Gutiérrez-Isaza Nataly N Harii Saki S Harrison Peter L PL Hatta Masayuki M Ho Nina Ann Jin NAJ Hoarau Gaetan G Hoogenboom Mia M Howells Emily J EJ Iguchi Akira A Isomura Naoko N Jamodiong Emmeline A EA Jandang Suppakarn S Keyse Jude J Kitanobo Seiya S Kongjandtre Narinratana N Kuo Chao-Yang CY Ligson Charlon C Lin Che-Hung CH Low Jeffrey J Loya Yossi Y Maboloc Elizaldy A EA Madin Joshua S JS Mezaki Takuma T Min Choo C Morita Masaya M Moya Aurelie A Neo Su-Hwei SH Nitschke Matthew R MR Nojima Satoshi S Nozawa Yoko Y Piromvaragorn Srisakul S Plathong Sakanan S Puill-Stephan Eneour E Quigley Kate K Ramirez-Portilla Catalina C Ricardo Gerard G Sakai Kazuhiko K Sampayo Eugenia E Shlesinger Tom T Sikim Leony L Simpson Chris C Sims Carrie A CA Sinniger Frederic F Spiji Davies A DA Tabalanza Tracy T Tan Chung-Hong CH Terraneo Tullia I TI Torda Gergely G True James J Tun Karenne K Vicentuan Kareen K Viyakarn Voranop V Waheed Zarinah Z Ward Selina S Willis Bette B Woods Rachael M RM Woolsey Erika S ES Yamamoto Hiromi H HH Yusuf Syafyudin S

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The discovery of multi-species synchronous spawning of scleractinian corals on the Great Barrier Reef in the 1980s stimulated an extraordinary effort to document spawning times in other parts of the globe. Unfortunately, most of these data remain unpublished which limits our understanding of regional and global reproductive patterns. The Coral Spawning Database (CSD) collates much of these disparate data into a single place. The CSD includes 6178 observations (3085 of which were unpublished) of ...[more]

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