Richard B. Gump South Pacific Research Station

10 May, 09 AM - 06 Aug, 06 PM

The primary objective of this visit will be to survey and deconstruct two ongoing experiments that were deployed on the back reef. An experiment on the south shore was deployed in August 2019 and last surveyed in December 2019, while an experiment on the north shore was deployed in December 2019. For each experiment, corals will be measured and photographed, and their resident associated fishes and invertebrates (CAFI) will be surveyed and collected. Time allowing, we will also establish up to two experiments similar in scale on the back reef of the north shore (~60 corals attached to cinderblocks each) to further investigate how different CAFI promote wound healing, and how the rate of increase of CAFI density with coral size affects outcomes of their symbiosis. These experiments would be relatively brief (3-6 months), with the goal of deconstruction at the end of this reservation (June) or in Fall 2021, depending on progress and sampling capacity.

Visit #70531 @Richard B. Gump South Pacific Research Station

Approved

Under Project # 42041 | Research

Stier-Osenberg-NSF-1851268

research_assistant - University of California, Santa Barbara

Reservation Members(s)

Adrian Stier May 26 - Jun 3, 2021 (9 days)
Craig Osenberg May 26 - Jun 3, 2021 (9 days)
Joseph Curtis May 10 - Jun 29, 2021 (51 days)
Elizabeth Jahn May 10 - Jun 30, 2021 (52 days)
Daniel Cryan May 14 - Jul 22, 2021 (70 days)
Alexander Primo May 14 - Aug 6, 2021 (85 days)

Reserve Resources(s) | Create Invoice

Private Bungalow - UC/Consortium 1 Apr 15 - Jul 13, 2021
Biocode Lab 1 Apr 15 - Jul 13, 2021
General Use (Dirt) Lab 1 Apr 15 - Jul 13, 2021
Compressor Room 1 Apr 15 - Jul 13, 2021
Field Prep Area 1 Apr 15 - Jul 13, 2021
Bed in private room 1 May 4 - 18, 2021