Coral Gardening — Mixed

OPP-S9A0EFpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-S9A0EF

Published as: Regional restoration benchmarks for Acropora cervicornis. | Technique: Coral Gardening | Genera: Acropora | Method: In situ coral nurseries populated with fragments collected from donor colonies (<10% collected, donor colonies selected based on size and condition). out planted after 1 year. Donor colonies monitored for 12 months following collection. Some overlap with Johnson et al 2011 | Survival of transplants reported by the source: 88% | Post-restoration monitoring: 12 months | Authors' conclusion: No negative effects (disease, mortality, growth) on donor colonies in any location. High survival on nurseries (90.8%) and outplants (85.2). The study proposes benchmarks which can be used to assess the success of other A. cervicornis projects: -75% donor survival in first year -80% survival of nursery fragments in first year -77% survival of out planted colonies in the first year Projects within 10% of benchmarks=Green (doing well), 10-20% = yellow (some changes needed), and >20% = red (issues needs to be addressed) | Lessons reported: n/a | 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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