Transplantation — Red Sea

OPP-WYD3MKpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-WYD3MK

Published as: One Rational Strategy for Restoration of Coral Reefs: Application of Molecular Biological Tools to Select Sites for Rehabilitation by Asexual Recruits. | Technique: Transplantation | Genera: Acropora, Stylophora, Pocillopora, Favia | Method: Transplantation of fragments using donor colonies that have been analysed to be of high health using molecular tools? Also testing survival rate between fragments attached with resin to mesh, vs those just pushed in to the mesh without resin. | Survival of transplants reported by the source: 46.4923% | Post-restoration monitoring: 12 months | Authors' conclusion: Higher survival of corals at sites with better water quality indicates corals require high water quality to survive and grow. | Lessons reported: Attaching nubbins in mesh with epoxy resin ensures their survival during turbulent conditions. | 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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