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After the 2016 El Niño, coral reefs in Moorea are thriving -- why?
An NSF Moorea Coral Reef LTER site research boat is moored on an outer reef; background is Tahiti.
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Researchers, here Dan Sternberg, assist with the deployment of coral settlement tiles on the reefs.
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Unglazed terracotta tiles are bolted to the reef, and baby corals settle onto the tiles.
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Tiles like these were attached deeper on the outer reef and shallower on the back reef.
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NSF Moorea LTER researcher Vincent Moriarty helps with placing settlement tiles on the back reef.
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To test for El Niño effects on coral recruitment, the scientists deployed 250 settlement tiles.
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