{"id":8312,"date":"2015-06-04T15:52:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T23:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mlmlblog.wordpress.com\/?p=8312"},"modified":"2020-10-23T12:03:21","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T19:03:21","slug":"tales-from-the-field-in-moorea-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/2015\/06\/04\/tales-from-the-field-in-moorea-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Tales From the Field in Mo’orea: Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By\u00a0Emily Schmeltzer, Invertebrate Zoology Lab<\/h3>\n

Hi everyone! Although I don't have much to show for it just yet, I was asked to write a series of blog posts about my current research trip to Mo'orea and Tetiaroa in the Society Islands of French Polynesia. Talk about a fantastic place to do some fieldwork!<\/p>\n

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Mo'orea, French Polynesia- my view from the bungalow \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Photo Source: Emily Schmeltzer<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mo'orea is a small island and coral atoll near Tahiti, and is about 10 miles in width east to west. A coral atoll<\/a>\u00a0is formed over tens of thousands of years! Coral begins to grow as a fringing reef on an oceanic island, and as the island landmass is eroded and begins to become submerged, the coral continues to grow and forms a barrier reef. Once enough of the interior island is submerged, it forms a lagoon on the inner part of the barrier reef. You can visualize this formation from the aerial photograph below.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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