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.

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Observations using this methodology

Stylophora pistillata