Reproductive natural history and successful juvenile propagation of the threatened Caribbean Pillar Coral Dendrogyra cylindrus

Table 1 Moon and sun data for spawning observation dates in Curaçao, Southern Caribbean, August 2012 to September 2014

Full moon date and time (AST)	Observation date	Nights after full moon	Sunset time (AST)	Dive site	Observation window (MAS)
31 Aug 2012	2 Sept	2 NAFM*	1845 AST	Sea Aquarium	112-145
0959 AST	2 Sept	2 NAFM*	1845 AST	Sea Aquarium	112-145
20 Aug 2013	23 Aug	3 NAFM	1851 AST	Sea Aquarium	84-144
2145 AST	23 Aug	3 NAFM	1851 AST	Sea Aquarium	84-144
20 Aug 2013	24 Aug	4 NAFM	1851 AST	Sea Aquarium	109-159
2145 AST	24 Aug	4 NAFM	1851 AST	Sea Aquarium	109-159
20 Aug 2013	25 Aug	5 NAFM	1850 AST	Sea Aquarium	110-166
2145 AST	25 Aug	5 NAFM	1850 AST	Sea Aquarium	110-166
19 Sept 2013	22 Sept	3 NAFM	1832 AST	Water Factory	94-158
0713 AST	22 Sept	3 NAFM	1832 AST	Water Factory	94-158
10 Aug 2014	13 Aug	3 NAFM	1857 AST	Sea Aquarium	98-157
1410 AST	13 Aug	3 NAFM	1857 AST	Sea Aquarium	98-157
10 Aug 2014	14 Aug	4 NAFM	1856 AST	Sea Aquarium	100-163
1410 AST	14 Aug	4 NAFM	1856 AST	Sea Aquarium	100-163
8 Sep 2014	11 Sept	3 NAFM	1839 AST	Water Factory	96-166
2138 AST	11 Sept	3 NAFM	1839 AST	Water Factory	96-166

All times are listed as the local time in Willemstad, Curaçao (Atlantic Standard Time; AST). Observation windows are presented as minutes after sunset (MAS) and represent the window of time during which divers were directly observing D. cylindrus colonies. *Note that in Curaçao, the full moon on 31 August 2012 occurred early in the day (0959 AST), thus some researchers would choose to count 2 Sept 2012 as the third night after the full moon rather than the second.

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