ArticleNature communications2018
Split spawning realigns coral reproduction with optimal environmental windows.
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- Spawning Asynchrony and Mixed Reproductive Strategies in a Common Mass Spawning Coral.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
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- Cumulative risk of future bleaching for the world's coral reefs.Science advances · 2024Article
- Long-term aquarium records delineate the synchronized spawning strategy ofRoyal Society open science · 2024Article
- Coral spawning patterns ofPeerJ · 2023Article
- First insights into coral recruit and juvenile abundances at remote Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles.PloS one · 2021Article
- Egg size and fecundity of biannually spawning corals at Scott Reef.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Lunar synchronization of daily activity patterns in a crepuscular avian insectivore.Ecology and evolution · 2020Article
- Molecular approaches underlying the oogenic cycle of the scleractinian coral, Acropora tenuis.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Split spawning increases robustness of coral larval supply and inter-reef connectivity.Nature communications · 2019Article
- Regional variability in reproductive traits of the Acropora hyacinthus species complex in the Western Pacific Region.PloS one · 2019Article
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Abstract
Split spawning in coral populations occurs when gamete maturation and mass spawning are split over two consecutive months. While split spawning has been observed at many reefs, little is known about the frequency and significance of these events. Here we show that split spawning occurred frequently and predictably over a decade at Scott Reef. Split spawning overlays the biannual spawning pattern in the region and occurs when the full moon falls in the first week of the usual spawning month, or the last week of the previous month. Additionally, in split years most species have their main spawning event after a 13-month lunar cycle, in the month following the usual spawning month. Without split spawning, spawn dates would shift by ~10 days each year to occur outside of optimal environmental windows. Our results suggest that split spawning is driven by a disconnect between lunar and seasonal cues, and is analogous with a 'leap year' in coral reproduction, realigning spawning dates with favourable conditions for reproduction.
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