Methodology: Archimedes principle

ID: 3

Description:

Weighing coral skeleton first in air and then suspended briefly from an analytic balance into freshwater (Graus & MacIntyre 1982; Hughes 1987; Madin et al. 2008). Skeletal volume was estimated as air weight divided by density.

Used for traits:

Added by: Joshua Madin

Observations using this methodology

Pocillopora damicornis

Pocillopora elegans

Pocillopora meandrina

Porites annae

Porites astreoides

Porites australiensis

Porites cylindrica

Porites furcata

Porites lobata