{"title":"First observation of Acropora downingi spawning in Kish Island, northern Persian Gulf","authors":"Naghme Sadegh, Mohammad Reza Shokri","doi":"10.1007/s10452-024-10134-1","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Despite some research on coral reproduction from the southern Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, no known studies have been published investigating coral reproduction in the northern Persian Gulf. This study examined the spawning time for a scleractinian branching coral “<i>Acropora downingi</i>” in Kish Island, the northern Persian Gulf. All investigated <i>A. downingi</i> colonies (100% of colonies) contained premature oocytes with cream in color at 11th March 2022 to mature oocytes with orange in color at 9th, 15th, and 16th April 2022. On April 17, 2022, there were no traces of eggs in the sections of the branches, indicating that the spawning occurred on 16th April 2022. The moon reached its full phase at 23:25 on 16th April 2022. These are the first records of spawning by <i>Acropora</i> corals in northern reefs in the Persian Gulf.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8262,"journal":{"name":"Aquatic Ecology","volume":"58 4","pages":"1193 - 1199"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7000,"publicationDate":"2024-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Aquatic Ecology","FirstCategoryId":"93","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10452-024-10134-1","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"ECOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Despite some research on coral reproduction from the southern Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, no known studies have been published investigating coral reproduction in the northern Persian Gulf. This study examined the spawning time for a scleractinian branching coral “Acropora downingi” in Kish Island, the northern Persian Gulf. All investigated A. downingi colonies (100% of colonies) contained premature oocytes with cream in color at 11th March 2022 to mature oocytes with orange in color at 9th, 15th, and 16th April 2022. On April 17, 2022, there were no traces of eggs in the sections of the branches, indicating that the spawning occurred on 16th April 2022. The moon reached its full phase at 23:25 on 16th April 2022. These are the first records of spawning by Acropora corals in northern reefs in the Persian Gulf.
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Aquatic Ecology publishes timely, peer-reviewed original papers relating to the ecology of fresh, brackish, estuarine and marine environments. Papers on fundamental and applied novel research in both the field and the laboratory, including descriptive or experimental studies, will be included in the journal. Preference will be given to studies that address timely and current topics and are integrative and critical in approach. We discourage papers that describe presence and abundance of aquatic biota in local habitats as well as papers that are pure systematic.
The journal provides a forum for the aquatic ecologist - limnologist and oceanologist alike- to discuss ecological issues related to processes and structures at different integration levels from individuals to populations, to communities and entire ecosystems.
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