bcodmo_dataset_999317_v1

Name: [Pocillopora Coral Spawning Polynesia 2022 - 2024] - Pocillopora coral spawning times and species identifications in Moorea French Polynesia 2022 - 2024 (Coral reproduction following mass corallivore outbreak and offspring tolerance during El Nino modulates reef recovery)
Creator: BCO-DMO
License: The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.

Grid DAP Data	Sub- set	Table DAP Data	Make A Graph	W M S	Source Data Files	Acces- sible	Title	Sum- mary	FGDC, ISO, Metadata	Back- ground Info	RSS	E mail	Institution	Dataset ID
		data	graph		files	public	[Pocillopora Coral Spawning Polynesia 2022 - 2024] - Pocillopora coral spawning times and species identifications in Moorea French Polynesia 2022 - 2024 (Coral reproduction following mass corallivore outbreak and offspring tolerance during El Nino modulates reef recovery)		M	background			BCO-DMO	bcodmo_dataset_999317_v1

The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type	Variable Name	Attribute Name	Data Type	Value
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	cdm_data_type	String	Other
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Conventions	String	COARDS, CF-1.6, ACDD-1.3
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_email	String	info at bco-dmo.org
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_name	String	BCO-DMO
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_url	String	https://www.bco-dmo.org/
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	defaultDataQuery	String	&time<now
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	doi	String	10.26008/1912/bco-dmo.999317.1
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	infoUrl	String	https://osprey.bco-dmo.org/dataset/999317
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	institution	String	BCO-DMO
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	license	String	The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	sourceUrl	String	(local files)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	summary	String	Knowledge of coral gamete release is fundamental to reef ecology and evolution, but cryptic species complicate reproduction studies. In Mo'orea, French Polynesia, when corals were decimated by crown-of-thorns and a cyclone between 2007-2010, recruitment of six cryptic species of Pocillopora spp. primarily drove decadal reef recovery. Broadcast spawning for these genetically-verified species at Mo'orea is, however, undocumented in the scientific literature. We conducted in situ surveys over 58 days during September 2022-January 2023, October 2023-January 2024, and October 2024-December 2024. To identify the Pocillopora spp., we used molecular analysis of mtORF and PocHistone markers. P. meandrina and P. grandis spawned 2-3 days following the full moons of October-December. In contrast, P. verrucosa and P. tuahiniensis spawned at the new moons in November-December, with P. verrucosa spawning on lunar days 0-1, and P. tuahiniensis spawning on lunar days 1-3. Diel offset in the timing of spawning following sunrise was present in both moon phases indicating a temporal speciation barrier. P. verrucosa spawned ~45 minutes after sunrise, whereas P. tuahiniensis spawned ~73 minutes after sunrise. Similarly, P. grandis spawned ~40 minutes after sunrise, whereas P. meandrina spawned ~65 minutes after sunrise. Only one colony of P. effusa spawned (lunar day 3 new moon ~06:30-06:50), requiring further confirmation of the timing for this low abundance species. Collectively, these first spawning reports provide an initial scientific documentation of Pocillopora spawning at the genetically-verified species level in Mo'orea, increasing capacity to study the essential process of coral reproduction for critical reef building species.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	time_coverage_end	String	2023-12-13T20:56:00Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	time_coverage_start	String	2022-11-09T20:32:00Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	title	String	[Pocillopora Coral Spawning Polynesia 2022 - 2024] - Pocillopora coral spawning times and species identifications in Moorea French Polynesia 2022 - 2024 (Coral reproduction following mass corallivore outbreak and offspring tolerance during El Nino modulates reef recovery)
variable	Sample_ID		String
attribute	Sample_ID	long_name	String	Sample_id
attribute	Sample_ID	units	String	unitless
variable	Date_spawned		String
attribute	Date_spawned	long_name	String	Date_spawned
attribute	Date_spawned	units	String	unitless
variable	Year		int
attribute	Year	actual_range	int	2022, 2023
attribute	Year	long_name	String	Year
attribute	Year	units	String	unitless
variable	Moon		String
attribute	Moon	long_name	String	Moon
attribute	Moon	units	String	unitless
variable	Month		String
attribute	Month	long_name	String	Month
attribute	Month	units	String	unitless
variable	Day_before_after_Moon		int
attribute	Day_before_after_Moon	actual_range	int	0, 3
attribute	Day_before_after_Moon	long_name	String	Day_before_after_moon
attribute	Day_before_after_Moon	units	String	number of days
variable	Spawning_Start_Time		String
attribute	Spawning_Start_Time	long_name	String	Spawning_start_time
attribute	Spawning_Start_Time	units	String	unitless
variable	Spawning_End_Time		String
attribute	Spawning_End_Time	long_name	String	Spawning_end_time
attribute	Spawning_End_Time	units	String	hour:minute
variable	Haplotype		String
attribute	Haplotype	long_name	String	Haplotype
attribute	Haplotype	units	String	unitless
variable	Species		String
attribute	Species	long_name	String	Species
attribute	Species	units	String	unitless
variable	Notes		String
attribute	Notes	long_name	String	Notes
attribute	Notes	units	String	unitless
variable	time		double
attribute	time	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Time
attribute	time	actual_range	double	1.66802592E9, 1.70250096E9
attribute	time	axis	String	T
attribute	time	ioos_category	String	Time
attribute	time	long_name	String	Spawning_start_date_time_utc
attribute	time	standard_name	String	time
attribute	time	time_origin	String	01-JAN-1970 00:00:00
attribute	time	units	String	seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
variable	Spawning_End_Date_Time_UTC		double
attribute	Spawning_End_Date_Time_UTC	actual_range	double	1.66802592E9, 1.7025015E9
attribute	Spawning_End_Date_Time_UTC	ioos_category	String	Time
attribute	Spawning_End_Date_Time_UTC	long_name	String	Spawning_end_date_time_utc
attribute	Spawning_End_Date_Time_UTC	time_origin	String	01-JAN-1970 00:00:00
attribute	Spawning_End_Date_Time_UTC	units	String	seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

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