Multispecific coral spawning events and extended breeding periods on an equatorial reef

We thank Prof. Robert van Woesik for help with species identification of some tagged coral colonies; and Nicolas Evensen (University of Queensland), Paul Collins (Unique Dive Expeditions), and Carrie Sims (University of Queensland) for sharing some of their personal observations on coral spawning timing. Special thanks go to Geory Mereb and PICRC interns for field assistance as well as Chuki Hongo and JICA/SATREPS support through the collaborative project of P-CORIE. We are grateful for the comments of three anonymous reviewers that improved the manuscript. This work was supported by the Coral Reef initiative grant (US Department of Interior) Office of Insular Affairs, Grant No. D15AP00129., the Palau International Coral Reef Center and Southern Cross University.