Coral Gardening — Punta Cana

OPP-CWQ5BXpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-CWQ5BX

Published as: in: Johnson et al 2011, Caribbean Acropora restoration guide: best practices for propagation and population enhancement CASE STUDY 1 | Technique: Coral Gardening | Genera: Acropora | Method: A-frame nursery, Line nursery and rope table nursery. Epoxy coated wire mesh to prevent algal growth. Outplanting using masonry nails driven into reef substrate, fragment attached with cable ties. | Survival of transplants reported by the source: 97.4% | Authors' conclusion: High fragment survivorship and high retention rates of fragments on out planted sites, indicates that outplanting techniques are successful. | Lessons reported: Fragment colonies early to avoid increasing weight on nurseries, use mixed type of nursery structure to spread risk, select sites based on environmental characteristics, as well as the presence/absence of predators and cleaners | 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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