Coral Gardening - Transplantation Phase — Bolinao

OPP-2TX82Hpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-2TX82H

Published as: Differential survival of coral transplants on various substrates under elevated water temperatures | Technique: Coral Gardening - Transplantation Phase | Disturbance addressed: General degradation | Genera: Porites | Method: Transplants of two species were evenly distributed and attached to three different types of substrate: live coral colonies of P. cylindrica, dead coral colonies (also of P. cylindrica), and epoxy coated metal grids that were raised above the sandy substrate. Monitoring of the transplants incorporated differences in survival with temperature related stress. | Survival of transplants reported by the source: 22.5% | Post-restoration monitoring: 3.5 months | Authors' conclusion: Transplants of P. rus bleached more slowly and suffered less mortality than P. cylindrica. Survival was good on the metal grids (average of 35%), and on the live coral (average of 22%). It was poor on the dead coral (average of 6%). | Lessons reported: The metal grids as well as live coral tissue apparently provided a favorable substrate for the attached coral fragments, even for those of a different species. | 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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