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Muluk village on Karkar

The huge conference dinner at the Hawai'i Convention Center

Amanda rounding up her presentation about her findings from Fiji

Makeshift accommodation in Tuatua village, Koro Island

Household interview in makeshift home at Tuatua village

View of Nakodu village, Koro Island

Amanda undertaking photo-quadrat resurveys on snorkel

Massive Porites spp. colonies showing a variety of responses at a high impact site in front of Dakuibeqa Village

Fields of bleached soft corals at Beqa Island

Bleaching mushroom coral Fungia fungites

Porites lobata colonies vary in responses; bleaching-induced mortality (bottom right), partial severe discolouration (top left) or no response.

Bleaching of massive Porites spp. colonies on fringing reefs at Dakuni Village, Beqa Island

The scenery of Fiji is significantly altered with just trunks or branches of trees remaining after the cyclone

One of the scenes best representing the force of the cyclone is a service station in Ba

Some schools still remain closed weeks after the cyclone due to structural damage

Many houses are flattened or severely damaged on the largest Fijian Island of Viti Levu

Bleached Acropora spp. close to Suva

Pre-weighed GF/F filters

Preparing for nutrient analysis - a calibration for nitrate which is a key nutrient to indicate anthropogenic input

One of the tiles which was adjusted to contain a microstructure, with 196 holes (1mm deep) on both the top and underside.

A recruitment tile which has been incorporated into a damselfish's territory.

Tiles at our deeper site within the tabu (closed to fishing) area fixed onto pavement and secured at an angle to prevent sedimentation

Manasa and several H. scabra organized into different size classes ready ready to be weighed

Coral recruitment tile with microstructure

Crab traps acting as fish exclusion cages to investigate productivity in the absence of grazing

Ryan McAndrews and Uli installing algal productivity tiles underneath the boat

Dakuibeqa Village, where we will spend several weeks throughout the field trip

REPICORE's temporary dive locker in the village's radio station

Amanda trying to measure sedimentary oxygen consumption after school finished for the day

Bleached skeletons of Porites and Acropora spp. preparing for microdensity analysis

Amanda measuring juvenile acropora colonies to assess growth and/or survival over the coming months