A mix of sites were visited over this leg of the trip: Nelson Island, Victory Bank, and Blenheim. P. acuta and P. damicornis were not observed at the vast majority of these reefs, so I instead focused on sampling both Seriatopora spp. and other pocilloporids for my collaborators. Please note that the two dives on 2015-04-22 were made at Salomon, though these have been moved to the Salomon page given how extensively this region was surveyed.
Please note that the site to the far west (BiNi80a) was technically considered part of Great Chagos.
Three reefs (BiNi77-79) were surveyed around Nelson Island on 2015-04-20, and neither P. acuta nor P. damicornis were observed at any of them; instead, I sampled Seriatopora spp. (ChSe93-95 from BiNi77) and other pocilloporids for collaborators.
BiNi77 (2015-04-20) leeward lagoonal patch reef
coral cover=43.0%, algal cover=36.0%, benthic data
BiNi78 (2015-04-20)
coral cover=19.1%, algal cover=47.7%, benthic data
BiNi79 (2015-04-20)
coral cover=31.5%, algal cover=42.7%, benthic data
BiNi80a (2015-04-21) This site was technically part of the Great Chagos region but has been included in the map above for convenience. I have grouped the images of the four Seriatopora spp. colonies (ChSe96-99) sampled across both dives to this site after the BiNi80b habitat images.
coral cover=42.8%, algal cover=39.5%, benthic data
BiNi80b (2015-04-21) We returned to this site later in the day to collect crown of thorns seastars, which were decimating the reef.
BiVb81 (2015-04-21) Two Seriatopora spp. colonies (CHSe100-101) were sampled from this leeward submerged rim reef.
coral cover=51.7%, algal cover=44.3%, benthic data
BiVb99 (2015-04-27) A lone P. acuta (ChPa141) and four Seriatopora spp. (ChSe146-149) colonies were observed at, and sampled from, this leeward lagoonal patch reef.
coral cover=55.6%, algal cover=36.4%, benthic data
BiVb108 (2015-04-30) Three Seriatopora spp. colonies (ChSe153-155) were sampled from this lagoonal patch reef (actually, it could be part of the submerged rim).
coral cover=45.7%, algal cover=43.8%, benthic data
BiVb109 (2015-04-30) Neither P. acuta/damicornis nor Seriatopora spp. were observed at this bank forereef.
coral cover=34.7%, algal cover=42.0%, benthic data
BiBl82 (2015-04-22) Three Seriatopora spp. (ChSe102-104) were sampled from this forereef site.
coral cover=37.9%, algal cover=51.8%, benthic data
BiBl83 (2015-04-22) forereef
coral cover=33.1%, algal cover=38.5%, benthic data
BiBl86 (2015-04-23) Two Seriatopora spp. colonies (ChSe111-112) were sampled from this forereef. Please note that sites 84-85 were at Salomon and so can be found on that page.
coral cover=47.2%, algal cover=44.2%, benthic data
BiBl87 (2015-04-23) Seven Seriatopora spp. colonies (ChSe113-119) were sampled from this forereef. The latter colony was sampled by a collaborator and so I do not have the associated pictures. coral cover=40.6%, algal cover=47.1%, benthic data.
BiBl113 (2015-05-03) did not dive at this leeward lagoonal patch reef, nor was it properly surveyed by the benthic team.