Transplantation — La Parguera

OPP-N8GTVHpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-N8GTVH

Published as: Restoration of the threatened Acropora cervicornis corals: intraspecific variation as a factor in mortality, growth, and self-attachment. | Technique: Transplantation | Disturbance addressed: General degradation | Genera: Acropora | Method: Donor coral thickets were selected from back reef areas and reef fronts, where morphological differences were observed. Fragments were sampled from within each colony and transplanted to metal frames in shallow back-reef areas. | Survival of transplants reported by the source: 65% | Post-restoration monitoring: 12 months | Authors' conclusion: Coral genotype accounted fo up to six-fold differences in relative growth, and was highly significant for all of the variables studied. Back reef and reef front populations of A. cervicornis corals differed significantly in relative growth, branch diameter, and attachment ability even after growing together for one year, suggesting a genetic basis to morphology and adaptation to their original environment. | Lessons reported: Frame culture was an effective method to produce second generation stock, with annual growth rates often over tenfold. | 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.

Recorded result

No result recorded yet. A result is recorded when the project moves to Paused, Completed or Discontinued.

A variable shows "pending" instead of a contribution when no domain area has been set for it yet — the share of the world a project touched cannot be computed without one. The health percentages are accurate regardless.