A new course, Kūlana Noiʻi: Introduction to Place-based Research Methodologies in Hawaiʻi, was piloted this summer as part of the Marine Biology Graduate Program (MBGP) at the University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa. Full story at SOEST News.
The eight species of coral in the study are the most common coral species found in Hawai'i, and they make up 95% of the coral cover on Hawaiian reefs. Clockwise, from upper left to lower right: Pocillopora meandrina, Pocillopora acuta, Porites lobata, Porites evermanni, Porites compressa, Montipora flabellata, Montipora patula, and Montipora capitata