Coral Gardening - Transplantation Phase — Florida

OPP-X5W0MPpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-X5W0MP

Published as: Staghorn coral, Acropora cervicornis, restoration in south Florida: Growth and survivorship of outplanted nursery corals | Technique: Coral Gardening - Transplantation Phase | Disturbance addressed: General degradation | Genera: Acropora | Method: Coral fragments were grown in three separate underwater nurseries and outplanted to selected sites located within unique cross-shelf zones in the Upper Florida Keys. Growth and survival were measured both in the nursery and after outplanting. 113 coral fragments were outplanted to 4 sites. In each of the three areas, there were four outplant sites, and outplant corals were arranged in three clusters of 10 corals, with each cluster containing a replicate of the 10 distinct genotypes. Growth and … | Survival of transplants reported by the source: 89.2% | Post-restoration monitoring: 7 months | Authors' conclusion: The reef zone / habitat in which A. cervicornis were outplanted had a more significant effect on growth than the coral genotype. The fore reef zone within the Upper and Lower Keys regions and the midchannel zone in the Biscayne region had significantly higher mean growth rates. Survivorship was not significantly different in any of the regions. | Lessons reported: Depth and reef zone have strong effects on growth. It's not enough to simply choose fast-growing genotypes. | 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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