Coral Gardening - Nursery Phase — Fort Lauderdale

OPP-E5KPC2permanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-E5KPC2

Published as: Genotype and attachment technique influence the growth and survival of line nursery corals | Technique: Coral Gardening - Nursery Phase | Genera: Acropora | Method: Assessed growth, condition, and survivorship of A. cervicornis nursery colonies of three distinct genotypes grown via two line nursery techniques (suspended and direct line attachment [vertical]). | Survival of transplants reported by the source: 71.8182% | Post-restoration monitoring: 12 months | Authors' conclusion: Direct line attachment resulted in poor survival (43%) and growth (9.5±1.33 cm/year), whereas suspended culture had 100% survival and increased growth (61.1±4.19 cm/year). Suspended culture had significantly reduced disease prevalence and prevented colony predation. | Lessons reported: Suspended coral growth was also comparable to a neighboring fixed structure nursery (55.2±7.86 cm/year), and found to be as effective in propagating corals as fixed structures. Nurseries should not exclude genotypes with lower productivity or survivorship, as these characteristics are not necessarily temporally or geographically consistent. | This record was compiled from a published source and has not been confirmed by the organisation that carried out the work. No contribution to the condition index is recorded: the source reports survival of transplanted material, which is not a measure of ecosystem condition.

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