Three reefs were surveyed in the Rock Island region known locally as “Ngeruktabel” after one of the larger islands. Seriatopora spp. were not present around this island.

High-resolution habitat maps will be available on the Living Oceans Foundation’s world reef map website in late 2019. — High-resolution habitat maps will be available on the Living Oceans Foundation’s world reef map website at some point.

PaNg04 (2015-1-11) lagoonal fringing reef

PaNg04 Pocillopora acuta samples (n=3)

PaPd08

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PaPd09

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PaPd10

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PaNg05 (2015-1-11): Two pocilloporid corals (both P. acuta; PaPd11-12) were sampled from this lagoonal patch reef.

PaNg05 sampled P. acuta colonies (n=2)

PaPd11

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PaPd12

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PaNg06 (2015-1-11) lagoonal fringing reef

PaNg06 sampled pocilloporid (n=2 biopsies from one colony; PaPd13=bleached portion of colony & PaPd14=pigmented portion of same colony)

PaPd13

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PaPd14

The same colony as previous, though the pigmented half. Click here for detailed sample information, though note that the respective biopsy has not yet been processed.