Mago Island Coral Reef Sampling | June 2013 Dive Survey — Coral Reef Diagnostics

not my image (taken from Braveheart) — not my image (taken from Braveheart)

Mago-the private island of Mel Gibson! We only spent one day diving these amazing reefs.

Mean hard coral cover=47%

Derek Manzello and Mel Gibson's house.jpg

Mel Gibson's island 6-20-13.jpg

FJMG49 (only one colony sampled)

emerging ocotpus.jpg

ocotpus at FJMG49.jpg

octopus at Mago.jpg

octopus macro.jpg

shy octopus.jpg

colony 103

Pocillopora brevicornis-I believe this may have been the only P. brevicornis colony sampled on the mission. This sample was analyzed in full: JMP Excel Ancillary data

Me at Mago. Photo by Dr. Joao Monteiro

FJMG50

2nd dive at Mago.jpg

31 meters below.jpg

best shot at Mago.jpg

Joao and black coral.jpg

Mel Gibson reef.jpg

2nd dive at Mago.jpg

31 meters below.jpg

best shot at Mago.jpg

Joao and black coral.jpg

Mel Gibson reef.jpg

colony 104

Pocillopora verrucosa

This sample was analyzed in full: JMP Excel Ancillary data

colony 105

Pocillopora damicornis (genotype alpha)

This sample was analyzed in full: JMP Excel Ancillary data

colony 106

Pocillopora meandrina

This sample was analyzed in full: JMP Excel Ancillary data

colony 107

Pocillopora meandrina

This sample was analyzed in full: JMP Excel Ancillary data

colony 108

Pocillopora meandrina

This sample was not included in multivariate statistical analyses due to missing data. Other colony data can be found here: JMP Excel Ancillary data

colony 104

colony 105

colony 106

colony 107

colony 108

FJMG51

beautiful Pdam.jpg

bleached Pdam.jpg

cavern at FJMG51.jpg

giant clam at Mago.jpg

giant clam macro.jpg

good cavern shot.jpg

good shark shot.jpg

in the cave.jpg

murky coral bommie.jpg

Pdam-heavy reef.jpg

plentiful Pdam.jpg

shark off Mago Island.jpg

unknown coral.jpg

weird fleshy algae.jpg

bleached Pdam.jpg

cavern at FJMG51.jpg

giant clam at Mago.jpg

giant clam macro.jpg

giant clam.jpg

good cavern shot.jpg

good shark shot.jpg

murky coral bommie.jpg

Pdam-heavy reef.jpg

plentiful Pdam.jpg

shark off Mago Island.jpg

two Pdams?.jpg

unknown coral.jpg

weird fleshy algae.jpg

white tip.jpg

FJMG51 sampled colonies (n=3)

colony 109

Pocillopora acuta

This sample was excluded from multivariate statistical analyses due to missing data. Other colony data can be found here: JMP Excel Ancillary data

colony 110

Pocillopora acuta

This sample was analyzed in full: JMP Excel Ancillary data

colony 111

Pocillopora acuta

This colony was deemed an outlier, namely due to aberrant Symbiodinium ubiquitin ligase mRNA expression: JMP Excel Ancillary data

colony 111 macro

colony 111 macro

Pocillopora acuta-see previous image for details on this outlier.

colony 109

colony 110

colony 111

colony 111 macro

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