Coral reproductive phenology in Malaysia - spawning patterns on opposite coasts
What are the spawning patterns of
Acropora bifurcata and Acropora intermedia in Peninsular Malaysia?Are the assemblages on both coasts the same species?
How does spawning timing and synchrony differ between coasts?
What role does the North-East and South-West monsoon play in spawning seasonality?
Acropora bifurcata spawning September 2024

Aropora bifurcata

Acropora intermedia

Mature eggs in a coral fragment
Coral preparing to spawn

Spawning night September 2024

Fluoresecent adn bleached corals