Coral Gardening — Orpheus Island, Great Barrier Reef

OPP-WYDE1Jpermanent identifier · cite as oceanportfolio.org/p/OPP-WYDE1J

Published as: The use of larvae or recruits in coral restoration initiatives: Symbiodinium acquisition does not differ between coral life stages in the wild | Technique: Coral Gardening | Genera: Acropora | Method: Laboratory-reared coral larvae and recruits have been proposed for stock production but it is unknown if their use impacts subsequent symbiosis once transplanted to the reef. We exposed laboratory and field settled aposymbiotic recruits (recently settled <1 month) to Symbiodinium in the wild, then analyzed the acquired communities using ITS-2 sequencing. | Post-restoration monitoring: 1 months | Authors' conclusion: There was no significant difference between treatments based on overall community and diversity metrics, or differential abundance of individual taxa. | Lessons reported: Early acquisition is analogous and thus supports the use of either life-stage as an option for reef restoration. | 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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