Transplantation — Cangaluyan Island

OPP-J615GHpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-J615GH

Published as: Trends in growth and mortality of three coral species (Anthozoa: Scleractinia), including effects of transplantation | Technique: Transplantation | Disturbance addressed: General degradation | Genera: Acropora, Pavona, Pocillopora | Method: The goal was to examine the feasibility of using certain species in establishing new coral populations through deliberate fragmentation. Survival was compared between transplanted / fragmented and undisturbed colonies. | Post-restoration monitoring: 13 months | Authors' conclusion: Response to transplantation was poor for Pocillopora damicornis, and it had intermediate linear growth rates and relatively high mortality. Mortality rates of both A hyacinthus and P damicornis were increased by high temperatures during certain times of the year Pavona frondifera had the highest linear growth rates and no mortality. | Lessons reported: K-selected species might be better for restoration. | 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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