Coral Gardening - Microfragmentation — Wonderland Reef, Florida Keys

OPP-Q6WV2Tpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-Q6WV2T

Published as: Lesion recovery of two scleractinian corals under low pH conditions: Implications for restoration efforts | Technique: Coral Gardening - Microfragmentation | Genera: Porites | Method: Two fragment sizes were artificially inflicted with lesions and incubated in two pH treatments to follow effects on recovery and physiological performance. | Post-restoration monitoring: 0.8 months | Authors' conclusion: Recovery was significantly reduced at reduced pH for P. porites in both fragment sizes; while recovery of P. astreoides was reduced only in the larger fragments. Different responses were also seen for Symbiodinium density and total protein with pH and fragment size. Effects on lesion recovery rate from pH and fragment size were species specific and may be related to morphology and/or energetic constraints. | Lessons reported: Energy shifts in corals is vital for lesion recovery, but is also species specific. | 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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