Please go here for high-resolution habitat maps.

Reefs of Rurutu had been decimated by crown of thorns seastars (COTS) prior to surveying (April 17, 2013). To read a description of these reefs, please see the field report, as well as Mayfield et al. (2015, Platax). To read about the COTS outbreak specifically, please consult this report. In general, I analyzed few corals from this island given how few remaining colonies were still left to be sampled.

When thumbnails of the sampled colonies have been presented, click on the image to be taken to a web link featuring the native, high-resolution image (or email me, and I can send you the original JPEG). For samples analyzed in detail, data files (JMP and Excel) can be accessed by clicking on the hyperlinks. Also, when the sample was genotyped, click on the word "genotype" in the caption to be taken to the NCBI web page featuring the sequence (and details pertaining to it).

White tip at Rurutu. Man, my underwater photography sure has come a long way!

AURR18 (n=3 colonies sampled)

colony 38

Neither nucleic acids nor proteins were extracted from this sample.

Colony 39

Nucleic acids were not extracted from this sample. Other details about this colony can be found here.

colony 40

P. damicornis genotype alpha

Only DNAs analyzed. Click here for details. Sample was not included in statistical analyses since mRNA expression was not quantified .

AURR19 (n=2 colonies sampled)

colony 41

Nucleic acids were not extracted from this sample. Unknown identity (possibly P. verrucosa). Additional colony data can be found here.

colony 42

Nucleic acids were not extracted from this sample. Additional colony details can be found here.

AURR20 (n=3 colonies sampled)

colony 43

Nucleic acids were not extracted from this sample. Data from this colony can be found here.

colony 44

Nucleic acids were not well preserved so colony was not analyzed in full. Colony data can be found here.

colony 45

Pocillopora sp. haplotype 8a

Colony was not analyzed in detail due to poor preservation of nucleic acids. Colony data can be found here.