Coral spawning patterns in the Gulf of Thailand reveal synchronised annual daytime spawning, with a review of spawning patterns in Pavona corals across the Indo-Pacific

• Rahul Mehrotra,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Aow Thai Marine Ecology Center, Love Wildlife Foundation, FREC Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8074-1017

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• Suppakarn Jandang ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: suppakarn.j@riam.kyushu-u.ac.jp

  Affiliations Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka, Japan, Center for Ocean Plastic Studies, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, Chulalongkorn University Research Building, Pathumwan, Bangkok, Thailand

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4646-3302

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• Coline Monchanin,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Aow Thai Marine Ecology Center, Love Wildlife Foundation, FREC Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7716-421X

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• Matthias Desmolles,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Aow Thai Marine Ecology Center, Love Wildlife Foundation, FREC Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Lalita Putchim,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Marine and Coastal Resources Research Center, Rayong, Thailand

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• Natchanon Kiatkajornphan,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Aow Thai Marine Ecology Center, Love Wildlife Foundation, FREC Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Supatcha Japakang,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Aow Thai Marine Ecology Center, Love Wildlife Foundation, FREC Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Anne Groenevelde,

  Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bubbles Up Dive Center, Preah Sihanouk, Cambodia

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• Morokot Long,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Fauna & Flora, Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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• Matthew Glue,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Fauna & Flora, Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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• Anchalee Chankong,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Ocean Plastic Studies, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, Chulalongkorn University Research Building, Pathumwan, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Nitchanan Nilkerd,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Ocean Plastic Studies, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, Chulalongkorn University Research Building, Pathumwan, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Laddawan Sangsawang,

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Ocean Plastic Studies, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, Chulalongkorn University Research Building, Pathumwan, Bangkok, Thailand

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• Vincent Pardieu

  Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Aow Thai Marine Ecology Center, Love Wildlife Foundation, FREC Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand, VP Consulting WLL, Manana, Kingdom of Bahrain

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