We spent quite a bit of time at Peros Banhos (yes, it does kind of sound like “dog bathroom”), so I have divided up the images and data as follows: 2015-04-14 and 15 (BiPb60-65; pre-bleaching), 2015-04-16 and 04-17 (BiPb66-71), 2015-04-18 and 04-19 (BiPb72-76; this page), and 2015-04-30 through 05-03 (post-bleaching; BiPb110-112, BIPb114, BiPb114b, BiPb69c, 70b, 72b, & 74b [those sites with letter codes indicates ones visited earlier in April, i.e., those with pre- & post-bleaching data]).
BiPb72 (2015-04-18) This leeward back reef pinnacles site was visited before and after bleaching. Please go here for images of the latter visit. On the first dive, one P. acuta (ChPa103) and seven Seriatopora spp. (ChSe84-90) colonies were sampled.
coral cover=72% (VERY HIGH), algal cover=22.4%, benthic data
BiPb73 (2015-04-18) Neither P. acuta/damicornis nor Seriatopora spp. were observed at this leeward fringing reef; other pocilloporids were instead sampled for a collaborator.
coral cover=50.1%, algal cover=23.1%, benthic data
BiPb74 (2015-04-18) Two P. acuta/damicornis (ChPd104-105) and two Seriatopora spp. (ChSe91-92) were sampled from this leeward lagoonal patch reef. This reef was one of those that was re-surveyed during the 2015 Chagos bleaching event (later in April).
coral cover=62.4%, algal cover=32.0%, benthic data
BiPb75 (2015-04-19) Neither P. acuta/damicornis nor Seriatopora spp. were observed at this windward fringing reef; other pocilloporids were instead sampled for a collaborator.
coral cover=43.9%, algal cover=32.8%, benthic data
BiPb76 (2015-04-19) Neither P. acuta/damicornis nor Seriatopora spp. were observed at this windward fringing reef; other pocilloporids were instead sampled for a collaborator.
coral cover=35.9%, algal cover=27.3%, benthic data
