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Scientists combine, organize 40 years worth of data on coral spawning
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Researchers say a database of forty years of coral spawning including the pictured male coral releasing sperm into the ocean could help researchers manage and preserve the coral ecosystems. Photo by James R. Guest/Newcastle University
Jan. 29 (UPI) For the first time, scientists gathered and organized 40 years worth of coral spawning data in a single place, promising new insights into the coral reproduction process.
The data collection process involved 90 authors from 60 institutions in 20 countries.
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The scope of the assembled data allowed scientists to highlight differences in the timing and geographical variation of coral spawning.
Credit: James R. Guest
Efforts to understand when corals reproduce have been given a boost thanks to a new resource that gives scientists open access to more than forty years worth of information about coral spawning.
Led by researchers at Newcastle University, UK, and James Cook University, Australia, the Coral Spawning Database (CSD) for the first time collates vital information about the timing and geographical variation of coral spawning. This was a huge international effort that includes over 90 authors from 60 institutions in 20 countries.
The data can be used by scientists and conservationists to better understand the environmental cues that influence when coral species spawn, such as temperature, daylight patterns and the lunar cycle.