Coral Gardening - Transplantation Phase — Florida

OPP-FAK11Apermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-FAK11A

Published as: Macroalgae reduces survival of nursery-reared Acropora corals in the Florida reef tract | Technique: Coral Gardening - Transplantation Phase | Disturbance addressed: General degradation | Genera: Acropora | Method: Surveyed 23 A. cervicornis restoration sites, located at six different reefs in the upper Florida Keys, and assessed survival rates against benthic composition. | Post-restoration monitoring: 12 months | Authors' conclusion: Where A. cervicornis survived for more than 1 year, there was less brown macroalgae of the genus Dictyota than at sites where A. cervicornis had died. Coral survival was highest at sites with less than 15% Dictyota cover. | Lessons reported: Regulating macroalgal cover at restoration sites can lead to better coral survival. | 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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