Fifteen sites were dived in the Salomon Islands (not to be confused with the Solomon Islands). Those dived on 2015-04-22 (BiSa84-85), 04-23 (BiSa88), 04-24 (BiSa91), and 04-25 (BiSa92-94) have been included on this page (n=7 sites), with those surveyed+sampled on 04-26 (BiSa97-98), 04-28 (BiSa102), 04-29 (BiSa103-106), and 04-30 (BiSa107) included below.
BiSa97 (2015-04-26) Six P. acuta/damicornis (ChPd135-140) and three Seriatopora spp. colonies (ChSe143-145) were sampled from this leeward channel patch reef.
coral cover=54.4%, algal cover=23.7%, benthic data
BiSa98 (2015-04-26) did not dive, though I wish I did because:
coral cover=71% (VERY HIGH), algal cover=20.0%, benthic data
BiSa102 (2015-04-28) Neither P. acuta/damicornis nor Seriatopora spp. were observed at this forereef site; other pocilloporids were instead sampled for a collaborator.
coral cover=30.9%, algal cover=30.6%, benthic data
BiSa103 (2015-04-29) Neither P. acuta/damicornis nor Seriatopora spp. were observed at this forereef site; other pocilloporids were instead sampled for a collaborator.
coral cover=32.5%, algal cover=41.2%, benthic data
BiSa104 (2015-04-29) Neither P. acuta/damicornis nor Seriatopora spp. were observed at this forereef site; other pocilloporids were instead sampled for a collaborator. BLEACHING! Noooooooo.
coral cover=36.2%, algal cover=33.6%, benthic data
BiSa105 (2015-04-29) Eight P. acuta/damicornis (ChPd142-149) and three Seriatopora spp. (ChSe150-152) were sampled from this leeward lagoonal patch reef.
coral cover=50.3%, algal cover=26.6%, benthic data
BiSa106 (2015-04-29) did not dive at this barrier forereef
coral cover=46.0%, algal cover=38.1%, benthic data
BiSa107 (2015-04-30) This was a fun dive in which we did not collect. That being said, neither P. acuta/damicornis nor Seriatopora spp. were observed at this forereef site, and surveys were still conducted.
coral cover=24.6%, algal cover=65.4% (HIGH), benthic data
Top five sunset of my life (April 30, 2015)
