Transplantation — Carrizales Bay, Colima

OPP-XPEY1Apermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-XPEY1A

Published as: Acclimation in Pocillopora sp. during a coral restoration program in Carrizales Bay, Colima, Mexico | Technique: Transplantation | Disturbance addressed: General degradation | Genera: Pocillopora | Method: Coral fragments were transplanted either in clusters (125 fragments) or individually (155 fragments). Ten coral fragments transplanted using each technique were randomly marked for monitoring. Growth and colour were measured in five samples over 10 months. | Survival of transplants reported by the source: 92.25% | Post-restoration monitoring: 10 months | Authors' conclusion: There was similar high survival of fragments with the cluster and solitary methods. The cluster technique leads to greater stability and integration of fragments, and greater aggregation of the fragments with the substrate. The mortality associated with both techniques was caused primarily by bioerosion by algae of the genera Ulva and Padina. The integration of the specimens in the cluster method induced an increase in the density of zooxanthellae. | Lessons reported: Both transplantation methods are economical and cheaper than attachment to hard substrata with epoxy. Clustering fragments leads to acclimation of zooxanthellae. | 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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