A new record for a massive Porites colony at Ta’u Island, American Samoa

Abstract An exceptionally large, hermatypic colony of Porites sp. has been identified and measured at Ta’u, American Samoa. This coral was measured in November 2019 as part of an effort to catalogue all large (≥ 2 m diameter) Porites colonies around Ta’u. Colonies exceeding 10 m in diameter were rec...

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Autores principales:	Georgia Coward, Alice Lawrence, Natasha Ripley, Valerie Brown, Mareike Sudek, Eric Brown, Ian Moffitt, Bert Fuiava, Bernardo Vargas-Ángel
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c91720e5567c47a99f8aa9b7ae20e8642021-12-02T16:09:09ZA new record for a massive Porites colony at Ta’u Island, American Samoa10.1038/s41598-020-77776-72045-2322https://doaj.org/article/c91720e5567c47a99f8aa9b7ae20e8642020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77776-7https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract An exceptionally large, hermatypic colony of Porites sp. has been identified and measured at Ta’u, American Samoa. This coral was measured in November 2019 as part of an effort to catalogue all large (≥ 2 m diameter) Porites colonies around Ta’u. Colonies exceeding 10 m in diameter were recorded on three different sides of the island with seasonally different wave exposures. The largest colony measured 8 m tall, 69 m in circumference and had a diameter of 22.4 m. To date, this is the biggest colony recorded in American Samoa, and one of the largest documented worldwide. It is currently unknown why such large corals exist around this particular island. Possible explanations include mild wave or atmospheric climates and minimal anthropogenic impacts. Physiologically, these colonies may be resistant and/or resilient to disturbances. Large, intact corals can help build past (century-scale) climatic profiles, and better understand coral persistence, particularly as coral communities worldwide are declining at rapid rates.Georgia CowardAlice LawrenceNatasha RipleyValerie BrownMareike SudekEric BrownIan MoffittBert FuiavaBernardo Vargas-ÁngelNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2020)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Georgia Coward Alice Lawrence Natasha Ripley Valerie Brown Mareike Sudek Eric Brown Ian Moffitt Bert Fuiava Bernardo Vargas-Ángel A new record for a massive Porites colony at Ta’u Island, American Samoa
description	Abstract An exceptionally large, hermatypic colony of Porites sp. has been identified and measured at Ta’u, American Samoa. This coral was measured in November 2019 as part of an effort to catalogue all large (≥ 2 m diameter) Porites colonies around Ta’u. Colonies exceeding 10 m in diameter were recorded on three different sides of the island with seasonally different wave exposures. The largest colony measured 8 m tall, 69 m in circumference and had a diameter of 22.4 m. To date, this is the biggest colony recorded in American Samoa, and one of the largest documented worldwide. It is currently unknown why such large corals exist around this particular island. Possible explanations include mild wave or atmospheric climates and minimal anthropogenic impacts. Physiologically, these colonies may be resistant and/or resilient to disturbances. Large, intact corals can help build past (century-scale) climatic profiles, and better understand coral persistence, particularly as coral communities worldwide are declining at rapid rates.
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author	Georgia Coward Alice Lawrence Natasha Ripley Valerie Brown Mareike Sudek Eric Brown Ian Moffitt Bert Fuiava Bernardo Vargas-Ángel
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title	A new record for a massive Porites colony at Ta’u Island, American Samoa
title_short	A new record for a massive Porites colony at Ta’u Island, American Samoa
title_full	A new record for a massive Porites colony at Ta’u Island, American Samoa
title_fullStr	A new record for a massive Porites colony at Ta’u Island, American Samoa
title_full_unstemmed	A new record for a massive Porites colony at Ta’u Island, American Samoa
title_sort	new record for a massive porites colony at ta’u island, american samoa
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2020
url	https://doaj.org/article/c91720e5567c47a99f8aa9b7ae20e864
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A new record for a massive Porites colony at Ta’u Island, American Samoa

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